Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arthrostracous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: arthros-tra-cous
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to the Arthrostraca, an obsolete grouping of crustaceans with segmented thoraxes and abdomens, bearing seven pairs of thoracic legs; included in this group are the isopods and amphipods.

Example Sentences

"The Cumacea resemble the arthrostracous Crustacea in having eyes without a movable stalk; but they closely resemble the Schizopoda in the form of the body, thus corresponding with the lower developmental stages of the decapodous crustaceans."
"In the important paper already mentioned, Hansen (J03) gives reason for believing that the labial segment in insects was primitively a trunk-segment, and has become secondarily associated with the head, like the segment that bears the maxillipeds in the arthrostracous Crustacea"
"[...] and have considered the possibility of their derivation from either the Arthrostracous Crustacea or the tracheate Arachnida."

Etymology

Likely from taxonomic name Arthrostraca + -ous; by surface analysis, arthr-, from Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (árthron, “joint”) + ὄστρακον (óstrakon, “shell”) + -ous

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἄρθρον

Questions

What does arthrostracous mean?: Pertaining to the Arthrostraca, an obsolete grouping of crustaceans with segmented thoraxes and abdomens, bearing seven pairs of thoracic legs; included in this group are the isopods and amphipods.
Where does arthrostracous come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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