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chilopod Zool.|ˈkaɪləʊpɒd|
[f. mod.L. chilopoda n. pl. (also used as Eng.), f. Gr. χεῖλος lip + πούς, ποδ-ός foot. In mod.F. chilopode.]
A member of the Chilopoda, an order of Myriapoda, having segmented bodies, and two anterior pairs of legs converted into foot-jaws. The order contains the Centipedes proper.
1837Penny Cycl. VII. 67/1 Chilopoda..are carnivorous, and crawl about by night..They conceal themselves under stones and fallen trees, and are all found in rotten wood.
Hence chiˈlopodan a. and n. as prec. chiloˈpodiform a., having the form of a centipede: applied to coleopterous larvæ, which are sub-hexapod, with a long, linear, depressed body. chilopodiˈmorphous a. = prec. chiˈlopodous a., of the nature of the Chilopoda.
1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. II. xvi. 66 Chilopodans or Centipedes. 1828― Entomol. III. xxix. 166 Those [larvæ] of the Gyronectima being the most perfect chilopodimorphous of the whole. 1839–47Todd Cycl. Anat. III. 551/1 In the Chilopodous genera. |