arthropodn.adj.

1861 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 1 299 It was the observation of the Nauplius-like larva..which first afforded the proof of the Lernæan nature of this remarkable Arthropod.

1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals vii. 390 In these Arthropods, the body is divided into many segments, the most anterior of which takes on the characters of a distinct head.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 696/1 The conversion of the Arthropod's limb into a jaw..is effected by the development of an endite near its base into a hard..gnathobase.

1940 G. S. Carter Gen. Zool. Invertebr. viii. 163 In the arthropods the presence of a hard cuticle prevents complete regeneration until the next moult.

1989 S. J. Gould Wonderful Life (1991) 104 (caption) The numerous similar segments of a primitive arthropod, as seen in the trilobite Triarthrus.

2001 L. J. Vitt & J. P. Caldwell in R. A. Fimbel et al. Cutting Edge xi. 250 Many leaf litter reptiles and amphibians also feed on tiny arthropods, including mites and springtails.

1861 Trans. Microsc. Soc. 9 285 The numerous modifications in form and structure of the arthropod body.

1871 St. G. Mivart On Genesis of Species vi. 154 Not only were the vertebrate, molluscous, and arthropod types distinctly and clearly differentiated, but highly-developed forms had been produced in each of these sub-kingdoms.

1902 E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XXV. 691/2 It becomes apparent from this enumeration that there are a good many important elements or ‘meromes’ in an Arthropod metamere or somite which can become the subject of heteromerism.

1924 Glasgow Herald 27 Sept. 4/2 A crowd of joint-footed Arthropod animals..that grip firmly with their claws.

1962 Lancet 29 Dec. 1363/2 One suggestion is that this may be a virus tumour dependent on some arthropod vector.

1987 M. S. Laverack & J. Dando Lect. Notes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 3) xxiii. 113/1 The arthropod body is metamerically segmented.

2002 M. D. Greenfield Signalers & Receivers i. 5 Hypotheses concerning relationships among the various arthropod classes remain in a state of flux among systematists.

1916 Proc. Cambr. Philos. Soc. 18 146 We believe that leishmaniases are insect-, or rather, arthropod-borne herpetomoniases.

1956 Nature 25 Feb. 367/2 A comprehensive..study of acute febrile illnesses..was undertaken to..determine the part that arthropod-borne viruses might play in their causation.

1987 E. W. Burr Compan. Bird Med. xxxi. 224/1 Birds are natural reservoirs for arthropod-borne viral diseases such as western and eastern equine encephalomyelitis.