(n) arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs: millipedes, Syn. class Myriapoda, class Diplopoda, Myriapoda
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‖n. pl. [ Gr. &unr_; double + -poda. ] (Zool.) An order of myriapods having two pairs of legs on each segment; the Chilognatha. [ 1913 Webster ]
[倍足纲 / 倍足綱, bèi zú gāngㄅㄟˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄍㄤ] Diplopoda, arthropod class with a pair of legs on each segment, including centipedes 蜈蚣 and millipedes 千足蟲|千足虫, See Also: 蜈蚣, 千足蟲, 千足虫