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   ‖Articulata , n. pl. [Neut. pl. from L. articulatus furnished with joints, distinct, p. p. of articulare.  See Article, v.] (Zool.)
   One of the four subkingdoms in the classification of Cuvier. It has been much modified by later writers.
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   ☞ It includes those Invertebrata having the body composed of a series of ringlike segments (arthromeres). By some writers, the unsegmented worms (helminths) have also been included; by others it is restricted to the Arthropoda. It corresponds nearly with the Annulosa of some authors. The chief subdivisions are Arthropoda (Insects, Myriapoda, Malacopoda, Arachnida, Pycnogonida, Crustacea); and Anarthropoda, including the Annelida and allied forms.
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   One of the subdivisions of the Brachiopoda, including those that have the shells united by a hinge.
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   A subdivision of the Crinoidea.
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   ‖Encrinoidea , n. pl. [NL. See Encrinus and -oid.] (Zoöl.) That order of the Crinoidea which includes most of the living and many fossil forms, having jointed arms around the margin of the oral disk; -- also called Brachiata and Articulata. See Illusts. under Comatula and Crinoidea.
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