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CLASS CHILOPODA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does class Chilopoda mean? 

CLASS CHILOPODA (noun)
  The noun CLASS CHILOPODA has 1 sense:

1. arthropods having the trunk composed of numerous somites each bearing one pair of legs: centipedesplay

  Familiarity information: CLASS CHILOPODA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CLASS CHILOPODA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Arthropods having the trunk composed of numerous somites each bearing one pair of legs: centipedes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Chilopoda; class Chilopoda

Hypernyms ("class Chilopoda" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "class Chilopoda"):

centipede (chiefly 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)

family Scutigeridae; Scutigeridae (a family of Chilopoda)

Geophilomorpha; order Geophilomorpha (small elongate centipedes living in soil and under stones and having more than 30 pairs of legs)

Holonyms ("class Chilopoda" is a member of...):

Arthropoda; phylum Arthropoda (jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes)


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