Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
chilopodous . - noun One of the Chilopoda; a centiped. Also
chilopodan .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A myriapod of the order Chilopoda.
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- noun Any
animal in theclass Chilopoda .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From New Latin Chīlopoda, class name : Greek kheilos, lip + New Latin -poda, -pod (so called because the foremost pair of legs are jawlike appendages).]
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Ancient Greek χεῖλος (cheîlos, "lip").
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