| CHELA | The prehensile claw of an arthropod such as a crab (5) |
| HAND | The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb. |
| ARACHNID | An arthropod such as a spider or scorpion (8) |
| ACRON | Segment of the body of an arthropod |
| CRUSTACEAN | Arthropod such as a crab, lobster or barnacle (10) |
| TERGA | Thickened dorsal plate of an arthropod segment (5) |
| TALON | What is the claw of a bird of prey (5) |
| SCUTA | Hard outer plates of an arthropod |
| NIPPY | Fast as a crab? (5) |
| HAIRY | Like the bristly claws of invasive Chinese mitten crabs - scary! (5) |
| CHELAE | Large pincer-like claws of some arthropods such as the horseshoe crab and scorpion (6) |
| INSECT | Word, from "cut up, incise", for a segmented arthropod, such as a bee, beetle or butterfly (6) |
| ABDOMEN | The posterior part of the body of an arthropod, behind the thorax |
| THORAX | Middle section of the body of an arthropod insect, bearing the wings and legs (6) |
| COXA | Basal section of the leg of an arthropod insect, articulated with the trochanter (4) |
| TALONS | Claws of an animal especially a bird of prey |
| SCLERITE | Hardened body part, especially one of the plates making up the exoskeleton of an arthropod (8) |
| CLYPEUS | Shield-like plate on the head of an arthropod insect between the labrum and the frons (7) |
| ARTHROPOD | Invertebrate such as a crab, ant or spider |
| PINCER | A ___ is the part of an arthropod that enables it to carry loads, to defend against other creatures, or to attack prey |
