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‖ Myriapoda|mɪrɪˈæpədə|
Also Myrio-.
[mod.L., f. Gr. µῡριάς (see myria-) + ποδ-, πούς foot. Cf. Gr. µῡριόπους myriad-footed.]
A class of arthropodous animals, comprising the centipedes and millipedes. Hence myriˈapodan a., myriˈapodous a., = myriapod a.
1828Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. II. 208 The Myriapoda..approach the insects in the organization of their respiratory apparatus. 1841T. R. Jones Anim. Kingd. 225 The Myriapoda [ed. 1871 Myriopoda] may be divided into two families, originally indicated by Linnæus: the Julidæ, or millepedes, and the Scolopendridæ, or centipedes. 1856Mayne Expos. Lex., Myriapodus,..myriapodous. 1887S. H. Scudder in Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4 May 373 The supposed Myriapodan genus Trichiulus. |