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Myriapoda
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Myriapoda /Myr·i·ap·o·da/ (mir″e-ap´ah-dah) a superclass of arthropods, including centipedes and millipedes.
Myriapoda [mir″e-ap´o-dah]
a class of arthropods, including the millipedes and centipedes.

Myriapoda
originally a class of arthropods, including the millipedes and centipedes now superseded by two classes—Diplopoda (millipedes) and Chilopoda (centipedes).


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Arthropod: Any of numerous invertebrate animals of the phylum Arthropoda, including the insects, crustaceans, arachnids and myriapods, that are characterized by an exoskeleton made of a hard material called chitin and a segmented body to which jointed appendages are attached in pairs.
 
 
 
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