| NOUN | animal | class Diplopoda, Diplopoda, Myriapoda, class Myriapoda | arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs |
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| Meaning | arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs: millipedes. | |
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| Synonyms | Diplopoda, Myriapoda, class Myriapoda | |
| Member of | Arthropoda, phylum Arthropoda | jointed-foot invertebrates |
| Members | millipede, millepede, milliped | Any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs |
| Broader | class | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders |
| Spanish | miriápodos | |
| Catalan | Myriapoda | |
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