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Arthropods

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000509

Members of the phylum Arthropoda, composed of organisms having a hard, jointed exoskeleton and paired jointed legs. It includes the class insects and the subclass Arachnida, many species of which are important medically as parasites or as vectors of organisms capable of causing disease in man.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000509
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectAnimals, Livestock, One Health
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoFish; Invertebrates; Hemocyanin; Arthropod venoms; Shell (arthropods); Arthropoda; Mites; Merostomata; Aquatic arthropods; Beneficial arthropods; Hematophagous arthropods; Predatory arthropods; Soil arthropods; Spiders
TranslationsSpanish: artrópodos
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000509",
  "term": "Arthropods",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Members of the phylum Arthropoda, composed of organisms having a hard, jointed exoskeleton and paired jointed legs. It includes the class insects and the subclass Arachnida, many species of which are important medically as parasites or as vectors of organisms capable of causing disease in man.",
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "fish",
    "invertebrates",
    "hemocyanin",
    "arthropod venoms",
    "shell (arthropods)",
    "Arthropoda",
    "mites",
    "Merostomata",
    "aquatic arthropods",
    "beneficial arthropods",
    "hematophagous arthropods",
    "predatory arthropods",
    "soil arthropods",
    "spiders"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "artrópodos"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/arthropods/"
}

Record 504 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.