SUPERCLASS MYRIAPODA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does superclass Myriapoda mean? 

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

1. used in some classifications to encompass the millipedes (Diplopoda) and centipedes (Chilopoda); formerly a large taxon including also the Pauropoda and Symphyla; the term Myriapoda now usually used synonymously with Diplopoda and limited to the millipedes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERCLASS MYRIAPODA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Used in some classifications to encompass the millipedes (Diplopoda) and centipedes (Chilopoda); formerly a large taxon including also the Pauropoda and Symphyla; the term Myriapoda now usually used synonymously with Diplopoda and limited to the millipedes

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Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

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