Diplopoda

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Diplopoda \Di*plop"o*da\, n. pl. [Gr. ? double + -poda.] (Zool.)
     An order of myriapods having two pairs of legs on each
     segment; the Chilognatha.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Diplopoda
       n : arthropods having the body composed of numerous double
           somites each with two pairs of legs: millipedes [syn: {class
           Diplopoda}, {Myriapoda}, {class Myriapoda}]