HyperDic: class_chilopoda

English > 1 sense of the expression class Chilopoda:
NOUNanimalclass Chilopoda, Chilopodaarthropods having the trunk composed of numerous somites each bearing one pair of legs
English > class Chilopoda: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningarthropods having the trunk composed of numerous somites each bearing one pair of legs: centipedes.
SynonymChilopoda
Member ofArthropoda, phylum Arthropodajointed-foot invertebrates
MembersGeophilomorpha, order Geophilomorphasmall elongate centipedes living in soil and under stones / stones and having more than 30 pairs of legs
Scutigeridae, family ScutigeridaeA family of Chilopoda
centipedechiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors
Broaderclass(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
Spanishquilópodos
CatalanChilopoda

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