Meena and Hari observed an animal in their garden. Hari called it an insect while Meena said it was an earthworm. Choose the character from the following which confirms that it is an insect.

Arthropoda is the largest phylum which includes insects. The body of arthropods is covered by a chitinous exoskeleton. They have jointed appendages (arthros-joint, poda-appendages).

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