anthropod

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A form of arthropod — An invertebrate animal of the phylum Arthropoda, characterized by a chitinous exoskeleton and multiple jointed appendages.

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Meanings

noun
  1. misspellingMisspelling of arthropod.

    anthropod: A joint-legged creature. All insects are anthropods, but not all anthropods are insects.

    2003, Kathi Wagner, The Everything Kids' Bugs Book: Puzzles, Games, and Trivia
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    Anthropod-borne diseases such as malaria, plague, relapsing fever, Rift Valley fever, tick-bite fever, and typhus (mainly tick-borne) have been reported from most of this area.

    2007, Dave Richards, Val Richards, Kenya, page 146

    Or they may be eager to enter the Anthropod Zoo, where an enormous praying mantis stands at the entrance.

    2011, Jennifer Bean Bower, Animal Adventures in North Carolina
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