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Webster 1913 Edition
Chilopoda
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Chi-lop′o-da
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] lip +
-poda
.] (Zool.)
One of the orders of myriapods, including the centipedes. 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.