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Myriapoda /ˌmɪrɪˈapədə/ /ˌmɪrɪəˈpəʊdə/(also Myriopoda) Zoology nounA group of arthropods comprising the centipedes, millipedes, pauropods, and symphylans, which have elongated bodies with numerous leg-bearing segments; (treated as plural) such arthropods collectively.- The group originally consisted of only the centipedes and millipedes, which were regarded as insects by Linnaeus, Latreille, and others. J. C. Fabricius was the first to classify them as a group distinct from the insects, called by him Mitosata..
Origin Early 19th century; earliest use found in John Stark (fl. 1828). From scientific Latin Myriapoda from myria- + -poda. Compare slightly earlier myriapod noun, and medieval Greek (or earlier) μυριόπους many-footed. |