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Webster 1913 Edition
Diplopoda
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Di-plop′o-da
,Noun.
pl.
[Gr. [GREEK] double +
-poda
.] (Zool.)
An order of myriapods having two pairs of legs on each segment; the Chilognatha.
Definition 2024
Diplopoda
Diplopoda
Translingual
Proper noun
Diplopoda
Hypernyms
- (class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Myriapoda - subphylum
Hyponyms
- (class): Helminthomorpha, Penicillata, Pentazonia (subclasses)
OR
- (class per Ruggiero et al): Chilognatha (Helminthomorpha, Pentazonia - infraclasses), Penicillata - subclasses
References
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521