arthropod

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Thought to live only in the limestone caves of that region, the colorful arthropod defends itself by producing cyanide.

From National Geographic • Feb. 7, 2024

Given that there are 1,302,809 described species of arthropod and only 85,423 described species of vertebrate, this means that the current emoji catalog underrepresents arthropod biodiversity and overrepresents vertebrates.

From Science Daily • Dec. 11, 2023

This means that they likely evolved their visual defenses in response to arthropod predators, like arachnids.

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2023

The golden marine arthropod is seen hugging the bottom muds in waters off Pangatalan Island, in the Philippines.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2023

One transformation involves a change of intermediate vector: when a microbe relying on some arthropod vector for transmission switches to a new host, the microbe may be forced to find a new arthropod as well.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond