arthropoda

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arthropoda - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Arthropoda \Ar*throp"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a`rqron joint
     + -poda.] (Zool.)
     A large division of Articulata, embracing all those that have
     jointed legs. It includes Insects, Arachnida, Pychnogonida,
     and Crustacea. -- Ar*throp"o*dal, a.
     [1913 Webster]

arthropoda - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Arthropoda
      n 1: jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans;
           insects; millipedes; centipedes [syn: Arthropoda, phylum Arthropoda
           ]