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Webster 1913 Edition

Arthropoda

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Ar-throp′o-da

,

Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr. Gr.

ἄρθρον

joint +

-poda

.]

(Zool.)

A large division of Articulata, embracing all those that have jointed legs. It includes Insects, Arachnida, Pychnogonida, and Crustacea.

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Ar-throp′o-dal

,

Adj.