arthropode

Definitions of arthropode
  1. noun
    invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
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    arachnide
    air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs
    crustacé
    any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
    insecte
    small air-breathing arthropod
    scorpion
    arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous stinger
    araignée
    predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
    malacostracés
    a major subclass of crustaceans
    décapodes
    crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax
    coléoptère
    insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
    pou
    wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
    puce
    any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
    diptère
    insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing
    hyménoptère, insecte hyménoptère
    insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing
    abeille travailleuse, ouvrière
    sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae
    termite
    whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood
    blattoptéroides
    cockroaches and mantids
    punaise
    insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
    odonate
    large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings
    perce-oreille
    any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen
    lépidoptère
    insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales
    chrysalide
    an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult
    imago
    an adult insect produced after metamorphosis
    reine
    the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
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    invertébré
    any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
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