单词 | chilognathan |
释义 | chilognathanadj.n. Zoology. Belonging to, or a member of, an order of Myriapoda or Centipedes, with segmented bodies and heads furnished with two pairs of maxillæ, of which the second pair are united to form a lower lip. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Myriapoda > [noun] > order Pauropoda > suborder Diplopoda or Chilognatha > member of (millepede) scolopender1562 millipede1601 scolopendra1608 thousand-feet1704 thousand-legs1807 chilognathan1835 wireworm1838 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xvi. 74 The Chilognathans, in their young state come nearest to the insect or hexapod tribes. 1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 244 In the Chilognatha the second and third pairs are converted into a kind of lower lip. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1835 |
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