Associations to the word «Arthropod»

Wiktionary

ARTHROPOD, noun. An invertebrate animal of the phylum Arthropoda, characterized by a chitinous exoskeleton and multiple jointed appendages.

Dictionary definition

ARTHROPOD, noun. Invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats