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SUPERCLASS MYRIAPODA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used in some classifications to encompass the millipedes (Diplopoda) and centipedes (Chilopoda); formerly a large taxon including also the Pauropoda and Symphyla; the term Myriapoda now usually used synonymously with Diplopoda and limited to the millipedes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("superclass Myriapoda" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Holonyms ("superclass Myriapoda" is a member of...):
Arthropoda; phylum Arthropoda (jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes)
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