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Diplopoda

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Di`plop´o`da
n. pl.1.(Zool.) An order of myriapods having two pairs of legs on each segment; the Chilognatha.
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Noun1.DiplopodaDiplopoda - arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs: millipedes
class Diplopoda, class Myriapoda, Myriapoda
Arthropoda, phylum Arthropoda - jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes
millepede, milliped, millipede - any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs
class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders


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The genus Cyclospora was formed by Schneider in 1881 for organisms recovered from myriapods (terrestrial arthropods in the subphylum Mandibulata, Class Diplopoda [millipedes] and Class Chilopoda [centipedes]).
Morphologic and molecular characterization of new Cyclospora species ... by Pieniazek, Norman J. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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