arthropod
- noun
- /ˈɑrθrəˌpɒd/
- Specialized
- Many arthropods, like crabs and spiders, have a hard outer shell called an exoskeleton.
- arthropods and vertebrates
- other arthropods
- arthropods, such as insects
What about the fact that we see learning and memory and pain like phenomena in in various arthropods?
- What about the fact that we see learning and memory and pain like phenomena in in various arthropods?
Examples
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As we watched, cockroaches, earwigs, isopods, and other small arthropods ran to escape the advancing waves of ants.
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In addition to greatly reducing populations of arthropods, the fire ant has harmed other groups of animals.
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Time is not on the side of arthropod survivors in the Florida scrub
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His research interests include biology and control of arthropod vector-borne diseases of animals and humans.
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There's one group of arthropods, the insects, that really rule the land.
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Fiddler crabs, like their arthropod cousins, the insects, have compound eyes.
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Many species of arthropods move among habitats in landscapes composed of a mixture of agricultural lands and forests.
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Thus, burrowing scrub arthropods tend to be heavily armored and are often hairy as well.
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"Arboviruses are viruses that can infect both animals and arthropods, such as mosquitoes or ticks," he explains.
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Pesticides easily find their way into soils, where they may be toxic to arthropods, earthworms, fungi, bacteria, and protozoa.
Academic text (1992)
Surface Forms
Morphology
arthropod = arthro- + -pod (opaque) = arthro + pod
Built from Greek combining forms ('arthro-' + '-pod') that are not productive standalone English words, so an average B1 learner will not reliably derive the meaning from familiar English bases.
Etymology
Arthropod comes from Greek parts arthro- 'joint' and -pod 'foot', so it literally means 'jointed foot'. Think of arthritis for arthro- and tripod for -pod, which shows why an arthropod has jointed legs and a hard outer shell.