Meanings
plural arthropods · plural arthropodae
- An invertebrate animal of the phylum Arthropoda, characterized by a chitinous exoskeleton and multiple jointed appendages.
In at least one other arthropod, the Stalk-eyed fly, it is the sheer length of the stalks themselves, which can be longer than the animal's body, which make the male attractive to females.
2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 1071 more example
The arthropods of the forest biome can be divided into two ecological groups: the cryptozoic inhabitants of the soil and leaf litter, and the terrestrial and arboreal forms that live in more exposed localities.
2012, John L. Cloudsley-Thompson, Evolution and Adaptation of Terrestrial Arthropods, page 85
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Ancient Greekἄρθρον“joint”
- Englisharthropod
From New Latin Arthropoda, from Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (árthron, “joint”) + πούς (poús, “foot”), equivalent to arthro- + -pod.
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Afrikaans geleedpotiges
- geleedpotigesanimal of Arthropoda
Bulgarian членестоно̀го
- членестоно̀го (členestonògo)animal of Arthropoda
Catalan artròpode
- artròpodeanimal of Arthropoda
Chinese Mandarin 節肢動物 /节肢动物
- 節肢動物 /节肢动物 (jiézhī dòngwù)animal of Arthropoda
Czech členovec
- členovecanimal of Arthropoda
Danish leddyr
- leddyranimal of Arthropoda
Dutch geleedpotige
- geleedpotigeanimal of Arthropoda
Finnish niveljalkainen
- niveljalkainenanimal of Arthropoda
French arthropode
- arthropodeanimal of Arthropoda
German Gliederfüßer, Gliederfüßler
- Gliederfüßeranimal of Arthropoda
- Gliederfüßleranimal of Arthropoda
- Arthropodeanimal of Arthropoda
Greek αρθρόποδο
- αρθρόποδο (arthrópodo)animal of Arthropoda
Hawaiian wāwaeʻami
- wāwaeʻamianimal of Arthropoda
Hindi संधिपाद
- संधिपाद (sandhipād)animal of Arthropoda
Hungarian ízeltlábú
- ízeltlábúanimal of Arthropoda
Icelandic liðdýr
- liðdýranimal of Arthropoda
Indonesian hewan berbuku-buku, artropoda
- hewan berbuku-bukuanimal of Arthropoda
- artropodaanimal of Arthropoda
Italian artropode
- artropodeanimal of Arthropoda
Japanese 節足動物
- 節足動物 (sessoku dōbutsu)animal of Arthropoda
Korean 절지동물
- 절지동물 (jeoljidongmul)animal of Arthropoda
Latin arthropūs
- arthropūsanimal of Arthropoda
Latvian posmkāji
- posmkājianimal of Arthropoda
Lithuanian nariuotakojai
- nariuotakojaianimal of Arthropoda
Malay artropod
- artropodanimal of Arthropoda
Māori kīrehe angawaho
- kīrehe angawahoanimal of Arthropoda
Norwegian Bokmål ledd-dyr
- ledd-dyranimal of Arthropoda
Persian بندپایان
- بندپایان (bandpâyân)animal of Arthropoda
Polish stawonóg
- stawonóganimal of Arthropoda
Portuguese artrópode
- artrópodeanimal of Arthropoda
Punjabi ਸੰਧਿਪਾਦ
- ਸੰਧਿਪਾਦ (sandhipād)animal of Arthropoda
Romanian artropod
- artropodanimal of Arthropoda
Russian членистоно́гое
- членистоно́гое (členistonógoje)animal of Arthropoda
Slovak článkonožce
- článkonožceanimal of Arthropoda
Spanish artrópodo
- artrópodoanimal of Arthropoda
Swedish leddjur
- leddjuranimal of Arthropoda
Tagalog ugnaypaa
- ugnaypaaanimal of Arthropoda
Tamil கணுக்காலி
- கணுக்காலி (kaṇukkāli)animal of Arthropoda
Ukrainian членистоно́ге
- членистоно́ге (členystonóhe)animal of Arthropoda
Cite this entry
arthropod. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arthropod
“arthropod.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arthropod. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arthropod,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arthropod.
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