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chilopod

(kī′lə-pŏd′)
n.
See centipede.
chi·lo·pod′ adj.
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chilopod

any arthropod of the class Chilopoda (centipedes), carnivorous MYRIAPODS distinguished by having one pair of legs on each segment.
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Chamberlin RV (1915) New chilopods from Mexico and the West Indies.
Guide for the determination of centipedes families (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) from Mexico/Guia para la determinacion de las familias de ciempies (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) de Mexico/Guia para a determinacao de familias de centopeias (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) do Mexico
(1923) On chilopods and diplopods from islands in the Gulf of California.
REGISTRO DEL CIEMPIES SCOLOPENDRA POLYMORPHA WOOD, 1861 (CHILOPODA: SCOLOPENDROMORPHA: SCOLOPENDRIDAE) EN LA ISLA MARIA CLEOFAS, OCEANO PACIFICO DE MEXICO
Regarding the invertebrates, there are reports of predation by coleopterans, chilopods, solpugids, others scorpions and spiders (Cloudsley-Thompson, 1960; Williams, 1966; Cloudsley-Thompson, 1977; Punzo, 1998; McCormick and Polis, 1990; Melic, 2000).
First record of a brown widow spider Latrodectus geometricus Koch, 1841 (Araneae, Theridiidae) feeding scorpion (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae) in a Brazilian Atlantic forest
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