HyperDic: superclass_myriapoda

English > 1 sense of the expression superclass Myriapoda:
NOUNanimalsuperclass Myriapodaused in some classifications to encompass the millipedes (Diplopoda) and centipedes (Chilopoda)
English > superclass Myriapoda: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningUsed in some classifications to encompass the millipedes (Diplopoda) and centipedes (Chilopoda); formerly a large taxon including also the Pauropoda and Symphyla; the term Myriapoda now usually used synonymously with Diplopoda and limited to the millipedes.
Member ofArthropoda, phylum Arthropodajointed-foot invertebrates
Broaderclass(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
Spanishmiriápodos

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