ARTHROPODA

Arthropoda, phylum Arthropoda

(noun) jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Ar*throp"o*da, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. -poda.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A large division of Articulata, embracing all those that have jointed legs. It includes Insects, Arachnida, Pychnogonida, and Crustacea.

– Ar*throp"o*dal, a.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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24 May 2025

EARTHSHAKING

(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”


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