Arthropoda
pronunciation
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- Noun:
- jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes
Word Origin
- Arthropoda (n.)
- 1870, Modern Latin, literally "those with jointed feet," coined 1845 by German zoologist Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold (1804-1885) from Greek arthron "a joint" (see arthro-) + podos genitive of pous "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)).
Example
- 1. The dynamics of biodiversity and the composition of nutrition classes and dominantguilds of arthropoda community in paddy field .