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arthropod(dictionary)
arthropod venoms(medicine)
arthropod vectors(medicine)
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gilt(4) (iou) and arthropod (sh)


gilt(4) (iou)



gilt ppl adjective. ME.
[pa. pple of GILD verb1: cf. GILDED.]
Gilded.
silver gilt: see SILVER noun & adjective.
Comb. & special collocations: gilt bronze: gilded over fire with a gold-mercury amalgam, used for ornamental work (cf. ORMOLU); gilt-edge adjective & noun (a) adjective = gilt-edged below; (b) noun a gilt-edged Security; gilt-edged adjective & noun (a) adjective having a gilt edge or edges; (of a Security, esp. British government stock) having a high degree of reliability as an investment; high quality; (b) noun in pl., gilt-edged securities; gilt-head any of several fishes having golden markings on the head; esp. an edible bream, Sparus aurata, of the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic; gilt spurs arch.: as an emblem of knighthood; gilt-tail any of various yellowish maggots used for trout-fishing; giltwood adjective made of wood and gilded; gilt youth = GILDED youth.

arthropod (sh)




Any member of the largest phylum, Arthropoda, in the animal kingdom.

Arthropoda consists of more than one million known invertebrate species in four subphyla: Uniramia (five classes, including insects), Chelicerata (three classes, including arachnids and horseshoe crabs), Crustacea (crustaceans), and Trilobita (trilobites). All arthropods are bilaterally symmetrical and possess a segmented body covered by an exoskeleton containing chitin, which serves as both armour and a surface for muscle attachment. Each body segment may bear a pair of jointed appendages. The phylum includes carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, detritus feeders, filter feeders, and parasites (see parasitism) in nearly all environments, both aquatic and terrestrial.