chilopod (ki lopod)

and n. I. a. Same as chilopodous. II. n. One of the Chilopod a ; a centiped. Also chilopodan . Chilopod a (ki-lop'ō-da), n . pl . [NL., neut. pl. of chilopod us : see chilopodous .] An order of the cla Myriapod a ; the centipeds, or hundred legs. They are myriapods of elongated and usually flattened form, and sub membranous or somewhat coriaceous integument, with only one pair of appendages to each somite of the many-jointed body. The two anterior pairs of legs are modified into foot-jaws or maxillipeds (whence the name); the long antennæ have 14 or more joints; each mandible has a palpi form appendage; and the second pair body is elongate; the pectoral fins are broad; there is an Chimar a plumbea. anterior dorsal fin above the pectorals; the mouth is inferior; the dental organs are confluent into two pairs of lam inæ in the upper jaw and into one pair in the lower; and there are no spiracles. The males have a peculiar prehensile organ on the upper part of the snout. of foot-jaws are perforated for the pa age of a poisonous chimæroid, chimeroid (ki-me'roid), a. and n. secretion. The Chilopod a are for the most part very active, voracious, and predacious, and the bite of the larger species of centipeds is highly poisonous. There are three or four families, several genera, and numerous species. Also called Syngnatha. The term is contrasted with Chi lognatha. See cuts under centiped and basilar. chilopodan (ki-lop'ō-dan), n. [