(n) arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs: millipedes, Syn. class Myriapoda, class Diplopoda, Myriapoda
‖n. pl. [ Gr. &unr_; double + -poda. ] (Zool.) An order of myriapods having two pairs of legs on each segment; the Chilognatha. [ 1913 Webster ]