Associations to the word «Chilopoda»

Wiktionary

CHILOPODA, proper noun. A taxonomic class within the subphylum Myriapoda   — the centipedes.

Dictionary definition

CHILOPODA, noun. Arthropods having the trunk composed of numerous somites each bearing one pair of legs: centipedes.

Wise words

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