MYRIAPODA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Myriapoda mean? 

• MYRIAPODA (noun)
  The noun MYRIAPODA has 1 sense:

1. arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs: millipedes

  Familiarity information: MYRIAPODA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYRIAPODA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs: millipedes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

class Diplopoda; class Myriapoda; Diplopoda; Myriapoda

Hypernyms ("Myriapoda" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Myriapoda"):

millepede; milliped; millipede (any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs)

Holonyms ("Myriapoda" is a member of...):

Arthropoda; phylum Arthropoda (jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes)