Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- The millepeds as an order of myriapods; the Chilognatha (which see): so called from the doubling in number of the legs, most of the segments of the body having two pairs: contrasted with Chilopoda.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) An order of myriapods having two pairs of legs on each segment; the Chilognatha.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
class within thesubphylum Myriapoda — themillipedes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs: millipedes
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Class: Myriapoda Subclass: Diplopoda, the millipedes
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