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myriapoda

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Myriapoda  \Myr`i*ap"o*da\,  n.  pl  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?  numberless  + 
  -poda.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  class,  or  subclass,  of  arthropods,  related  to  the  hexapod 
  insects,  from  which  they  differ  in  having  the  body  made  up  of 
  numerous  similar  segments,  nearly  all  of  which  bear  true 
  jointed  legs.  They  have  one  pair  of  antenn[ae],  three  pairs 
  of  mouth  organs,  and  numerous  tracha[ae],  similar  to  those  of 
  true  insects.  The  larv[ae],  when  first  hatched,  often  have 
  but  three  pairs  of  legs.  See  {Centiped},  {Galleyworm}, 
  {Milliped}. 
 
  Note:  The  existing  Myriapoda  are  divided  into  three  orders: 
  Chilopoda,  Chilognatha  or  Diplopoda,  and  Pauropoda  (see 
  these  words  in  the  Vocabulary).  Large  fossil  species 
  (very  different  from  any  living  forms)  are  found  in  the 
  Carboniferous  formation. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Myriapoda 
  n  :  arthropods  having  the  body  composed  of  numerous  double 
  somites  each  with  two  pairs  of  legs:  millipedes  [syn:  {Diplopoda}, 
  {class  Diplopoda},  {Myriapoda},  {class  Myriapoda}]




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