Invertebrates Word Search
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Words to find: ARTHROPOD, MOLLUSK, ANNELID, CNIDARIAN, ECHINODERM, SPONGE, INSECT, ARACHNID, CRUSTACEAN, CENTIPEDE, MILLIPEDE, SEGMENT.
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Invertebrates word list, defined
- ARTHROPOD /ˈɑːθrəpɒd/ (UK), /ˈɑːrθrəˌpɑːd/ (US) · noun
- An invertebrate animal of the phylum Arthropoda, characterized by a segmented body, a jointed exoskeleton, and paired jointed limbs; the group includes insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and myriapods. Related: invertebrate, bug, insect, crustacean.
- MOLLUSK /ˈmɒləsk/ (British English), /ˈmɑːləsk/ (American English) · noun
- A soft-bodied invertebrate animal, typically one with a hard shell, belonging to the taxonomic group Mollusca. The group includes snails, slugs, clams, oysters, squids, and octopuses. Related: shellfish.
- ANNELID /ˈænəlɪd/ · noun
- A segmented worm of the phylum Annelida, which includes earthworms, leeches, and ragworms, characterized by a body divided into a series of ring-like segments. Related: segmented worm, earthworm, leech, polychaete.
- CNIDARIAN /naɪˈdɛəriən/ · noun
- A member of the animal phylum Cnidaria, a group of aquatic invertebrates that includes jellyfish, corals, sea anemones, and hydroids, characterized by radial symmetry and specialized stinging cells called cnidocytes. Related: cnidarian animal, coelenterate.
- ECHINODERM /ɪˈkaɪnədɜːrm/ · noun
- A marine invertebrate of the phylum Echinodermata, characterized by a hard, spiny or plated skeleton and, typically, five-fold (radial) symmetry; the group includes starfish, sea urchins, sand dollars, sea cucumbers, and brittle stars. Related: sea star, starfish, sea urchin, sea cucumber.
- SPONGE /spʌndʒ/ · noun
- A soft, porous material that absorbs and holds water, commonly used for cleaning or washing. By extension, the word refers to a sea animal with a porous body and to an act of clearing away liquid or surplus matter with a sponge. Related: absorbent pad, cleaning pad, porous material, sea animal.
- INSECT /ˈɪnsɛkt/ · noun
- A small arthropod with a segmented body, six legs, and usually two pairs of wings. Insects belong to the class Insecta and include ants, bees, butterflies, beetles, flies, and grasshoppers. Related: bug, hexapod.
- ARACHNID /əˈræknɪd/ · noun
- A member of the class Arachnida: an eight-legged arthropod such as a spider, scorpion, tick, or mite, whose body is divided into two main parts and which lacks antennae. Related: spider, scorpion, mite, tick.
- CRUSTACEAN /krʌˈsteɪʃən/ · noun
- A crustacean is an arthropod of the class Crustacea, a large group of mostly aquatic animals with segmented bodies, hard exoskeletons, and paired jointed limbs, including crabs, lobsters, shrimps, crayfish, barnacles, and woodlice. Related: shellfish, arthropod, decapod, invertebrate.
- CENTIPEDE /ˈsɛntɪpiːd/ · noun
- A predatory myriapod arthropod of the class Chilopoda, having a flattened elongated body with one pair of legs per segment and venomous forcipules used to subdue prey. Related: chilopod, myriapod, arthropod.
- MILLIPEDE /ˈmɪlɪpiːd/ · noun
- A terrestrial arthropod belonging to the class Diplopoda, having a long segmented body and usually two pairs of legs on most segments. Despite its name, a millipede does not normally have a thousand legs. Related: myriapod, milliped, thousand-legger.
- SEGMENT /ˈsɛɡmənt/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, a segment is a distinct portion or division of a larger whole. As a verb, it means to divide something into separate sections or groups. Related: section, portion, part, division.
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