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Definition of Genus Geophilus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Geophilidae: a cosmopolitan genus of centipedes sometimes called earwigs.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Geophilidae, Geophilidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Geophilus
Literary usage of Genus Geophilus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1837)
"The three ftrst we have provisionally included in Iho genus Geophilus. In thoir
form and habits they approach still nearer to the typical Gallinaceous birds ..."
2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1858)
"In the genus geophilus (Leach), the antenna) have only 14 joints, but the legs
vary in number from 42 to nearly 300; they are very slender, ..."
3. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1837)
"The three first we have provisionally included in the genus Geophilus. In their
form and habits they approach still nearer to the typical Gallinaceous birds ..."
4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"In such as form the genus Geophilus, Id., the number of feet is more than forty-two,
and often considerably so. The antennae consist of but fourteen joints, ..."
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