Arthropods Flashcards

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Arthropod

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invertebrate animal of the large phylum Arthropoda, such as an insect, spider, or crustacean.

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Molting

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shed old feathers, hair, or skin, or an old shell, to make way for a new growth

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Pheromones

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chemical substance produced and released into the environment by an animal, especially a mammal or an insect, affecting the behavior or physiology of others of its species.

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Thorax

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the part of the body of a mammal between the neck and the abdomen, including the cavity enclosed by the ribs, breastbone, and dorsal vertebrae

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Abdomen

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the part of the body of a vertebrate containing the digestive organs

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Cephalothorax

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the fused head and thorax of spiders and other chelicerate arthropods

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Exoskeleton

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rigid external covering for the body in some invertebrate animals

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Cheliped

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one of the pair of legs that bears the large chelae in decapod crustaceans.

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Malpighean tubes

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a tubular excretory organ, numbers of which open into the gut in insects and some other arthropods.

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Arachnid

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an arthropod of the class Arachnida, such as a spider or scorpion.

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Spiders

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a eightlegged predatory arachnid with an unsegmented body consisting of a fused head and thorax and a rounded abdomen. Spiders have fangs that inject poison into their prey, and most kinds spin webs in which to capture insects

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Metamorphosis

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the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.

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Crustaceans

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an arthropod of the large, mainly aquatic group Crustacea, such as a crab, lobster, shrimp, or barnacle.

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Insects

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a small arthropod animal that has six legs and generally one or two pairs of wings

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Antennae

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either of a pair of long, thin sensory appendages on the heads of insects, crustaceans, and some other arthropods.

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Scorpions

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terrestrial arachnid with lobsterlike pincers and a poisonous sting at the end of its jointed tail, which it can hold curved over the back. Most kinds live in tropical and subtropical areas

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Swimmerets

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a forked swimming limb of a crustacean, five pairs of which are typically attached to the abdomen

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Green glands

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have an excretory function and open at the bases of the larger antennae

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Woodtick

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blood sucker. find them on outside animals

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Grasshopper

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eats grass, has 2 sets of wings has 5 eyes

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Butterfly

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beautiful insects 4 wings 2 eyes 6 legs

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housefly

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fly around outside

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mosquito

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drink blood, small can carry diease

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crab

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a crustacean with a broad carapace, stalked eyes, and five pairs of legs, the first pair of which are modified as pincers. Crabs are abundant on many shores, especially in the tropics, where some have become adapted to life on land.

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Lobster

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crustaceans. cylindrical body, stalked eyes, and the first of its five pairs of limbs modified as pincers.