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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: centipedes
Familiarity information: CLASS CHILOPODA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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