Diplopoda

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Definition

1. Noun:
   • A class of arthropods: "Diplopoda" refers to a taxonomic class within the subphylum Myriapoda, characterized by having a segmented body where most segments are fused into double segments (diplosegments), each bearing two pairs of legs. This class includes millipedes.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The garden is home to various members of the Diplopoda, which help decompose leaf litter.
  • Scientists study the Diplopoda to understand arthropod evolution.

Advanced Usage

• In taxonomic context: Used formally in biological classification.
  • The specimen was definitively placed within the class Diplopoda.

Variants and Related Words

• Diplopod (n): An individual organism belonging to the class Diplopoda; a millipede.
  • The diplopod curled into a defensive spiral.
• Millipede (n): The common name for most terrestrial arthropods of the class Diplopoda.
  • A millipede is not an insect but a type of diplopod.

Synonyms

• Millipedes (common name): The most widely recognized synonym for organisms in the Diplopoda.
• Thousand-leggers (informal common name): A colloquial term for millipedes/diplopods.

Related Phrases

• Class Diplopoda: The full taxonomic designation.
  • The class Diplopoda is distinct from Chilopoda (centipedes).

Học thuật

Noun

1. arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs: millipedes

Từ đồng nghĩa

• Diplopoda
• class Diplopoda
• Myriapoda
• class Myriapoda