noun. Any of numerous invertebrate animals of the phylum Arthropoda, including the insects, crustaceans, arachnids, and myriapods, that are characterized by a chitinous exoskeleton, a segmented body, and jointed appendages.

noun. A jointed invertebrate animal with jointed legs; one of the Arthropoda.

Arthropodous; pertaining to or having the characters of the Arthropoda.

noun. One of the Arthropoda.

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

noun. invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin

"From the diminutive to the rather large, something for fans of invertebrates, Hurdia victoria, a half-meter long predatory arthropod from the famous Cambrian-aged Burgess Shale of British Columbia."

arthropodean  

invertebrate  

Merostomata  arachnid  arachnoid  asian horseshoe crab  centipede  

2-dimensional  centripetal  extruder  landspeeder  legionnaire