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- Dictionaryarthropod/ˈɑːθrəpɒd/
noun
- 1. an invertebrate animal of the large phylum Arthropoda, such as an insect, spider, or crustacean.
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Arthropods are invertebrates in the phylum Arthropoda. They possess an exoskeleton with a cuticle made of chitin, often mineralised with calcium carbonate, a body with differentiated (metameric) segments, and paired jointed appendages. In order to keep growing, they must go through stages of moulting, a process by which they shed their exoskeleton to reveal a new one. They form an extremely divers... Wikipedia