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Pronunciation / Transliteration: arthropode
"Les insectes et les araignées appartiennent à la famille des arthropodes."
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An invertebrate animal of the large phylum Arthropoda, characterized by a chitinous exoskeleton, a segmented body, and jointed appendages.
"Insects, spiders, and crustaceans are all examples of the arthropod group."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'arthropod' originates from the Greek words 'arthron', meaning joint, and 'pous', meaning foot. It was first used in the early 19th century to classify a diverse group of invertebrates characterized by jointed limbs and segmented bodies.
10 Global Lexicons: How "Arthropod" is said worldwide
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arthropode
Transliteration: arthropode
"Les insectes et les araignées appartiennent à la famille des arthropodes."
Gliederfüßer
Transliteration: Gliederfüsser
"Krebstiere sind eine Untergruppe der Gliederfüßer."
artropode
Transliteration: artropode
"Il granchio è un artropode marino."
artrópodo
Transliteration: artropodo
"Los ciempiés son un tipo de artrópodo con muchos segmentos."
artrópode
Transliteration: artropode
"Aura é um artrópode com exoesqueleto rígido."
संधipad
Transliteration: sandhipad
Script: संधिपद
"केंकड़ा एक संधिपद प्राणी है।"
节肢动物
Transliteration: jiézhī dòngwù
"节肢动物是动物界中最大的一门。"
절지동물
Transliteration: jeoljidongmul
"거미와 곤충은 절지동물에 속한다."
節足動物
Transliteration: sessoku dōbutsu
"昆虫は節足動物の中で最も種類の多いグループです。"
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