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arthropod

An invertebrate animal, belonging to the Phylum Arthropoda, and possessing an external skeleton (exoskeleton), body segments, and jointed appendages. Arthropods include crustaceans, arachnids, and insects, and there are over a million described arthropod species living today.

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