myriapoda

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They have one pair of antennæ, three pairs of mouth organs, and numerous tracheæ, similar to those of true insects
arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs: millipedes
The larvæ, when first hatched, often have but three pairs of legs
See Centiped, Galleyworm, Milliped
{i} family of arthropods that include the centipede and millipedes
A class, or subclass, of arthropods, related to the hexapod insects, from which they differ in having the body made up of numerous similar segments, nearly all of which bear true jointed legs

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superclass myriapoda
used in some classifications to encompass the millipedes (Diplopoda) and centipedes (Chilopoda); formerly a large taxon including also the Pauropoda and Symphyla; the term Myriapoda now usually used synonymously with Diplopoda and limited to the millipedes