adjective
- of, relating to, or belonging to the phylum Arthropoda; characteristic of arthropods
Usage: technical/scientific
noun
- a member of the phylum Arthropoda; an arthropod
Usage: technical/scientific
Examples
- Insects are arthropodans with six legs and three body segments.
- The arthropodan body plan includes a segmented exoskeleton.
- Crustaceans and arachnids are both arthropodans.
- Most arthropodans undergo molting to grow larger.
- The diversity of arthropodan species exceeds that of all other animal groups combined.
- Arthropodan fossils provide evidence of early animal evolution.