Advertisement

Advertisement

View definitions for arthropod

arthropod

Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Beyond cephalopods, xanthommatin is also found in insects within the arthropod group, contributing to the brilliant orange and yellow hues of monarch butterfly wings and the bright reds seen in dragonfly bodies and fly eyes.

Read more on Science Daily

Their analysis shows that over the past five centuries, extinctions among plants, arthropods, and land vertebrates actually reached their highest point about a century ago and have been declining since.

Read more on Science Daily

Her manner of speech is otherworldly, like an arthropod testing out human vocal folds.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Ticks are active throughout the year in California, but risk typically peaks in the spring when the biting arthropods are born, and in fall, after the first rains.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Machado notes that in arthropods, a group that includes the centipede, maternal care is associated with rough conditions.

Read more on Salon

Advertisement

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement