Relating to or characterized by structures or features associated with jointed-limbed creatures; describing arthropod-like characteristics.
From arthropomat- (related to arthropomata) + -ous (forming adjectives meaning 'full of' or 'characterized by'). This rare adjective form extends terminology for arthropod-related characteristics.
Words like 'arthropomatous' remind us that scientific naming is creative and generative—once you understand the Greek roots, you can build new words to describe new observations, which is exactly how scientists expanded terminology as they discovered more arthropod diversity.
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