| superclass myriapoda | (n) 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 |
| diplopoda | (n) arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs: millipedes, Syn. class Myriapoda, class Diplopoda, Myriapoda |