ARTHROPOD is validvalid

an invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin [n ARTHROPODS]

90,364 of 196,601 in NWL2023·also valid in CSW24

any member of the phylum Arthropoda, members of which (e.g. insects, arachnids, and crustaceans) are characterized by segmented bodies and jointed limbs [n -S]