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noungeneral term for any terrestrial arthropod having an elongated body composed of many similar segments: e.g. centipedes and millipedestype of:
Definition that contains myriapod
- superclass myriapoda used 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