scolopendriform (skolopendriform)

[ Applied in entomology to certain larvæ: (a) carnivorous elongate and depre ed larvæ, having falcate acute mandibles, a distinct thoracic shield, and the rudiments of antennæ, as those of certain beetles; and (b) depre ed and elongate spinose caterpillars of some butterflies. Also called chilopod i form. Scolopendrinæ (skol"ō-pen-dri'nē), n. pl. [NL., spiracles. scolopendrine (skol-o-pen'drin), a. [ Scolopax ( -pac -)+ - inæ.] A subfamily of Scolopendra + -ine1.] Resembling or related to a pacidæ, represented by the genus Scolopax and its immediate relatives; the true snipes and woodcocks. The bill is at least twice as long as the head, straight, with closely contracted gape, very long nasal grooves, and great sensitivene . The leading besides Scolopax are Philohela (the American woodcock), Gall in a go (the ordinary snipe), and Macrorhamphus. See these words.