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Definition of Myriapod
1. Noun. General term for any terrestrial arthropod having an elongated body composed of many similar segments: e.g. centipedes and millipedes.
Definition of Myriapod
1. n. One of the Myriapoda.
Definition of Myriapod
1. Noun. (zoology) Any arthropod (such as centipedes and millipedes) of the subphylum ''Myriapoda'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Myriapod
1. a multi-legged arthropod [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Myriapod
Literary usage of Myriapod
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God as Manifested in the Creation of by William Kirby (1835)
"Thus does the animal kingdom, in some sort, PREACH THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST. CHAPTER XVI.
Functions and Instincts. myriapod ..."
2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"... which lived in South America during the diluvial epoch. Some other genera have
been described by Owen, Pictet, and Leidy. myriapod. See CENTIPEDE. ..."
3. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1894)
"In the change from an Annelid and myriapod to an Insect, the multiplicate ...
The rise of grade from the myriapod to the Insect involved the appropriation ..."
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