Definition of Chilopod. Meaning of Chilopod. Synonyms of Chilopod

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Definition of Chilopod

Chilopod
Chilopod Chi"lo*pod, n. (Zo["o]l.) A myriapod of the order Chilopoda.

Meaning of Chilopod from wikipedia

- Centipedes (from Neo-Latin centi-, "hundred", and Latin pes, pedis, "foot") are predatory arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda (Ancient Gr**** χεῖλος...
- scutum 'shield', because of the shape of the plates in the back of the chilopod. The body of an adult Scutigera coleoptrata is typically 25 to 35 mm (1...
- Look up centipede, chilopod, or Chilopoda in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A centipede is an arthropod belonging to the class Chilopoda. Centipede may...
- for $5 million, H.E.A.T. are called to Illinois, where a gigantic mutant chilopod, the Megapede, is devouring thousands of dollars worth of crops. The team...
- have evolved by the reduction of a compound eye. However, members of the chilopod genus Scutigera have a compound eye, which is composed of facets and not...
- will sometimes eat fish. A study of its pellets found reptiles, snails, chilopods, arachnids, crabs and insects. Pellets of breeding birds in Korea had...
- 1071/is07036. ISSN 1445-5226. Po****, R.I. (1902). "A new and annectant type of chilopod (Craterostigmus)". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. 45: 417-448...
- extant,[citation needed] but they also feed on woodlice, diplopods, and chilopods when they are young, and occasionally other arachnids. The spider's web...
- Deseret News. March 16, 1994. Chamberlin, R. V. (1966). "A new genus in the chilopod family Dignathodontidae with proposal of two subfamilies (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha)"...
- the dull stupidity of the Diplopods, or the melancholy ferocity of most Chilopods.' In 1870, Packard discovered a species of North American pauropod, extending...