| Term | Definition |
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| artropods | a member of teh phylum artropoda which includes invertebrate animals such as insects, crustaceans and arachnids; characterized by having segmented bodies and paired appendages |
| appendage | a structure that extends from the main body such as a limb tentacle fin or wing |
| compund eye | a n eye composed of many light detectors separated by pigment cells |
| chitin | a carb that forms part of the exoskeleton of arthropods and other organisms such as insects crustaceans fungi and some algaee |
| molting | the shedding of an exoskeleton |
| trilobite | a member of the class trilobita; an extinct type of arthropods that is characterized by many body segments each of which had one pair of appendages |
| tagma | in arthropods, a structure that is composed of several fused body segments that is typically specialized for a specific function |
| mandible | in some arthropods a jawlike mouthpart used to pierce ans suck food |
| chelicera | in some arthropds, either of a pair or pincer like appendage used to attack prey |
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