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Chilopoda
‖
Chi-lop′o-da
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] lip +
-poda
.] (Zool.)
One of the orders of myriapods, including the centipedes. They have a single pair of elongated legs attached laterally to each segment; well developed jaws; and a pair of thoracic legs converted into poison fangs. They are insectivorous, very active, and some species grow to the length of a foot.
Definition 2024
Chilopoda
Chilopoda
Translingual
Proper noun
Chilopoda
Hypernyms
- (class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Myriapoda - subphylum
Hyponyms
- (class): Scutigeromorpha, Lithobiomorpha, Craterostigmomorpha, Scolopendromorpha, Geophilomorpha (orders)
- (class): Anamorpha, Epimorpha (clades)
References
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521