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from The Century Dictionary.
- An order of Myriapoda, represented by the family Pauropodidæ, intermediate to some extent between Chilognatha and Chilopoda, and in some respects unlike either of these.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun plural (Zoöl.) An order of small myriapods having only nine pairs of legs and destitute of tracheæ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
class within thesubphylum Myriapoda — thepauropods .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an obscure class of minute arthropods with branched antennae and 8 to 10 pairs of legs
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