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arthropod

[ahr-thruh-pod] / ˈɑr θrəˌpɒd /


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Arthropod alkaloids in poison frogs: A review of the ‘dietary hypothesis’.

From Scientific American • Aug. 21, 2012

The internal organs of the Arthropod are shown to stand in the same order to one another as in the Vertebrate, only the organs are inverted.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

The reduction of the outgrowth-bearing “corm” of the parapodium of either a Chaetopod or an Arthropod to a simple cylindrical stump, devoid of outgrowths, is brought about when mechanical conditions favour such a shape.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various

The ingenuity of the comparison is astonishing. 063The comparison of the Arthropod with the Vertebrate is extended also to the internal organs.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

Arthropod head is a tagma or group of somites which differ in number and in their relative position in regard to the mouth, in different classes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various




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