arthropods

1. A phylum , or major division of the animal kingdom . Arthropods are animals with jointed legs and segmented bodies, such as insects, spiders, centipedes, and crustaceans . There are more species of arthropods than of any other animal phylum.

Example Sentences

Ecdysozoans include all the arthropods, including insects, crustaceans, and spiders, as well as tardigrades, and roundworms, or nematodes.

From Science Magazine

The decaying wood serves up a feast for insects and other arthropods who are themselves sustenance for many other animals, fuel for the food chain.

From Seattle Times

The respondents also rated arthropods, lizards and frogs positively.

From Science Daily

Surprisingly, many common orders of insects, including aquatic arthropods such as the alderfly, were featured rarely or not at all.

From Science Magazine

The researchers also found that consumer allochthony varies with feeding traits for aquatic invertebrates, fish and terrestrial arthropods -- such as insects, beetles and spiders -- but not for terrestrial vertebrates such as birds and rodents.

From Science Daily