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Arthropods and Insects

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arthropodan invertebrate with symmetry, a coelom, an exoskeleton, and jointed appendages
appendageany structure that goes out of the body of an animal
moltingshedding of the old exoskeleton
cephalothorasthe fused head or thorax of an arthropod
tracheal tubesbranching networks of hollow air passages
book lungsair-filled chambers that contain leaflike plates
pheromeschemical odor signals
simple eyehas only one lens
compound eyehas many lenses
mandiblethe mouth, for example
centipedehas 15 to 181 body segments
millipedehas more than 100 segments, 2 spiracles, and 2 pairs of legs
butterfliesthere are more than 100,000 species of these
beeslive in large colonies, known as hives
grasshoppershave 2 compound and 3 simple eyes
honey beesare able to make honey in their combs
nympha baby insect that lives in the water
metamorphosisa series of changes that an animal may undergo

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