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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The typical genus of the family Pauropodidæ and the group Pauropoda, framed for the reception of Pauropus huxleyi, a minute centiped discovered in Kent, England, by Sir John Lubbock in 1866. It has also been referred to the family Polyxenidæ. Another species of Pauropus occurs in North America.

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