From Greek ἄρθρον árthron, "joint", and ποδός podós"leg", which together mean "jointed leg"
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An 'arthropod' is an animal with a segmented body, eg insect, spider or crustacean.
Arthropoda (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, "joint", and ποδός podos "foot", which together mean "jointed feet"),
Arthropod comes from the Greek meaning "jointed feet", which is what arthropods have, as well as an external skeleton, which they shed when growing.
Arthropod is a Greek word αρθρόποδο : ἄρθρον arthron= "joint", and ποδός podos ( from πούς pus) = "foot", which together mean "jointed feet"
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arthropod < Greek αρθρόποδο < αρθρω-(τό) + πόδ-ιάρθρω-σις [arthrosis] = joint (see arthritis, osteoarthritis)πόδ-ι [podi] = leg (see podium)So arthropod = "with legs having (many) joints"
The animal is actually a type of an arthropod, and the type of animal is a Crustacean which means "jSpell check your answeroint-leg" in Greek.
The word is Latin, derived from the Greek words for joint and foot.
An arthropod
Arthropod is the type of animal that an aphid is.Specifically, an arthropod has an externally-located skeleton, jointed appendages and a segmented body. Its name originates in the Greek árthron and pous for "joint" and "leg". The body is segmented into a head, thorax and abdomen. The term appendages refer to the arthropod's legs.The description fits the aphid.
Vectors of the arthropod.
Arthropoda is a latin word, and the two parts Arthron and poda translate from greek as Joint (Arthron) and Foot (poda). So it means jointed foot.
As the arthropod grows up, the exoskeleton sheds in order for the arthropod to grow inside of it.