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