myriapod
/ˈmɪrɪəpɒd/noun
1- Zoology an arthropod of a group that includes the centipedes, millipedes, and related animals. Myriapods have elongated bodies with numerous leg-bearing segments.【动】多足虫, 多足类。
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- Classes Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Pauropoda, and Symphyla; formerly placed together in the class Myriapoda.唇足纲、倍足纲、蠋纲及综合纲, 曾被统一归入多足纲内。
词源
early 19th cent.: from modern Latin Myriapoda, from Greek murias （see MYRIAD） + pous, pod- 'foot'.