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Arthropods

A taxonomic group of animals that includes spiders, crabs, insects and centipedes whose bodies posses pairs of jointed limbs and in most cases an exoskeleton.

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drone

Animals; Arthropods

A male bee, especially a honeybee whose only function is to fertilize the queen is called drone.

dragonfly

Animals; Arthropods

An insect with a slender body and two pairs of wings that have many veins and it holds its wings out to the side when not in flight.

earthworm

Animals; Arthropods

A worm with a body that is divided into ring-shaped segments. They burrow into soil and make tunnels.

crabs

Animals; Arthropods

Crabs are crustaceans which have their reduced abdomen entirely hidden under the thorax and are covered with a thick exoskeleton and they have a single pair of claws. You can find crabs in every ...

tarantula

Animals; Arthropods

Tarantulas are a type of arachnids belonging to the family Theraphosidae. They are invertebrates with an exoskeleton. Their body is divided in two parts: prosoma (cephalothorax) and opisthosoma ...

scorpions

Animals; Arthropods

Scorpions are predatory arthropods. They have eight legs, a pair of claws and a long tail (sometimes with a venomous stinger at the end, but just exists 25 species capable to kill a human). Its size ...

mandible

Animals; Arthropods

The paired jaws of an arthropod such as ants, crabs and spiders.

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