Chilopod

Quick meaning: Chilopod is a noun meaning Any myriapod of the class Chilopoda, a centipede.

Meaning

Any myriapod of the class Chilopoda, a centipede.

Example Sentences

Consequently most chilopods are carnivorous, searching for earthworms, enchytraeids, and insects.

However, the authors point out that the motoneurons' morphologies are dissimilar in hexapods and chilopods, a fact that argues against a homology of hexapodan and chilopodan longitudinal muscle motoneurons.

Important predatory groups in the beech forest at Göttinger Wald are chilopods, spiders, carabid and staphylinid beetles and gamasid mites. Chilopods consume a high proportion of collembolan populations and of other saprophagous groups (Poser, 1988, 1991).

Word Forms

• chilopods

Synonyms for chilopod

Depending on context, synonyms include centipede.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include centipede, megachilid, achilid, chelicerate, chalcid, scolopendra.

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