Chilopoda

Chi`lop´o`da

n. pl.

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(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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Chilopoda - arthropods having the trunk composed of numerous somites each bearing one pair of legs: centipedes class Chilopoda Arthropoda, phylum Arthropoda - jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes centipede - chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors family Scutigeridae, Scutigeridae - a family of Chilopoda Geophilomorpha, order Geophilomorpha - small elongate centipedes living in soil and under stones and having more than 30 pairs of legs class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders