Myriapoda

Myr`i`ap´o`da

n. pl.

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(Zool.) 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 antennæ, three pairs of mouth organs, and numerous tracheæ, similar to those of true insects. The larvæ, when first hatched, often have but three pairs of legs. See Centiped, Galleyworm, Milliped.

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Noun

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Myriapoda - arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs: millipedes class Diplopoda, class Myriapoda, Diplopoda 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