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ORDER GEOPHILOMORPHA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does order Geophilomorpha mean?
• ORDER GEOPHILOMORPHA (noun)
The noun ORDER GEOPHILOMORPHA has 1 sense:
1. small elongate centipedes living in soil and under stones and having more than 30 pairs of legs
Familiarity information: ORDER GEOPHILOMORPHA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small elongate centipedes living in soil and under stones and having more than 30 pairs of legs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Geophilomorpha; order Geophilomorpha
Hypernyms ("order Geophilomorpha" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "order Geophilomorpha"):
family Geophilidae; Geophilidae (small extremely elongate centipedes that live in earth)
Holonyms ("order Geophilomorpha" is a member of...):
Chilopoda; class Chilopoda (arthropods having the trunk composed of numerous somites each bearing one pair of legs: centipedes)
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