arthropod
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The island has startling natural beauty, from lush vegetation to pristine white beaches, and is also home to the world’s biggest terrestrial arthropod - the coconut crab.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2024
Instead of diverse arthropod communities, virtually all energy was allocated to invasive species of earthworms.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 21, 2024
Thought to live only in the limestone caves of that region, the colorful arthropod defends itself by producing cyanide.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 7, 2024
This means that they likely evolved their visual defenses in response to arthropod predators, like arachnids.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
One transformation involves a change of intermediate vector: when a microbe relying on some arthropod vector for transmission switches to a new host, the microbe may be forced to find a new arthropod as well.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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