Word Meanings - MILLEPED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A myriapod with many legs, esp. a chilognath, as the galleyworm.

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• CHILOGNATH
  A myriapod of the order Chilognatha.
• MYRIAPODA
  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
• CHILOGNATHA
  One of the two principal orders of myriapods. They have numerous segments, each bearing two pairs of small, slender legs, which are attached ventrallly, near together.
• MYRIAPOD
  One of the Myriapoda.