Definition of Chilopoda

1. Noun. Arthropods having the trunk composed of numerous somites each bearing one pair of legs: centipedes.

Exact synonyms: Class Chilopoda
Group relationships: Arthropoda, Phylum Arthropoda
Member holonyms: Centipede, Family Scutigeridae, Scutigeridae, Geophilomorpha, Order Geophilomorpha
Generic synonyms: Class

Definition of Chilopoda

1. n. pl. One of the orders of myriapods, including the centipeds. They have a single pair of elongated legs attached laterally to each segment; well developed jaws; and a pair of thoracic legs converted into poison fangs. They are insectivorous, very active, and some species grow to the length of a foot.

Medical Definition of Chilopoda

1. A class of centipedes (phylum Arthropoda). Origin: chilo-+ G. Pous, foot (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chilopoda

Chilean salad
Chilean saltpeter
Chilean strawberry
Chilean tinamou
Chilean tinamous
Chileanism
Chileans
Chilian
Chilians
Chilipoda
Chiloe
Chilomastix
Chilomeniscus
Chilomeniscus cinctus
Chilomycterus
Chilopoda (current term)
Chilopsis
Chilopsis linearis
Chiloé Island
Chilpancingo
Chilunda
Chimaera
Chimaera monstrosa
Chimaeridae
Chimakum
Chimaphila
Chimaphila corymbosa
Chimaphila umbellata
Chimariko
Chimborazo

Literary usage of Chilopoda

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1912)
"The centipedes (Chilopoda) show in all structural features close relationships to the Hexapoda, while the Diplopoda differ in almost every respect, ..."

2. Text-book of the Embryology of Invertebrates by Eugen Korschelt, Karl Heider, Edward Laurens Mark, William McMichael Woodworth, Matilda Bernard, Martin Fountain Woodward (1899)
"A, Chilopoda. As has already been mentioned, the development of the blastoderm is first completed on the ventral side of the egg, from whence it spreads ..."

3. Zoology: Being a Systematic Account of the General Structure, Habits by William Benjamin Carpenter, William Sweetland Dallas (1867)
"806. This Class is divided into two Orders, which differ considerably from each other in form and development. I. Chilopoda ..."

4. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1892)
"CR cxiii, No. 1, pp. 43-45. Translation in Ann. NH (6) viii, pp. 482 & 483 ; abstr in JR Micr. Soc. 1891, pt. 5, p. 590. SYSTEMATIC. Chilopoda. ..."

5. The Fauna of Mayfield's Cave by Arthur Mangun Banta (1907)
"... Cave keep as well within the limit of the influence of outdoor conditions as eyed animals which inhabit the same part of the cave. Order Chilopoda. ..."

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