Definition of "arthropods" []

• Plural form of arthropod. (noun)

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• "The crustaceans are members of the large animal group known as arthropods, and are relatives of the insects."
• "We have seen that the arthropods were the first of all animals to conquer the realm of the air, the earliest insects appearing in the Ordovician."
• "Any way you look at it -- by sheer weight, species diversity or population -- the hard-shelled, joint-legged creepy crawlies called arthropods dominate planet Earth."