artropode

Definitions of artropode
  1. noun
    invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
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    aracnide, aracnidi
    air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs
    crostaceo, frutto di mare
    any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
    insetto
    small air-breathing arthropod
    scorpione
    arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous stinger
    pseudoscorpione
    small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion
    ragno
    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
    pidocchio
    wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
    pulce
    any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
    termite
    whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood
    forbicina
    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
    lepidottero
    insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales
    ninfa, pupa
    an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult
    regina
    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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    invertebrato
    any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
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