Chilopoda – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Centipede
Centipedes (from
Latin prefix , "hundred", and ,
"foot") are
arthropods belonging to the class
Chilopoda of the subphylum
Myriapoda. They are elongated
metameric creatures with one pair of legs per body segment. Despite the name, centipedes can have a varying number of legs, ranging from 30 to 354. Centipedes always have an odd number of pairs of legs. Therefore, no centipede has exactly 100 legs. A key trait uniting this group is a pair of venom claws or forcipules formed from a modified first
appendage. Centipedes are predominantly
carnivorous.
Chilopoda
Noun
1. arthropods having the trunk composed of numerous somites each bearing one pair of legs: centipedes
(synonym) class Chilopoda
(hypernym) class
(member-holonym) Arthropoda, phylum Arthropoda
(member-meronym) centipede
Chilopoda
(n. pl.)
One of the orders of myriapods, including the centipeds. They have a single pair of elongated legs attached laterally to each segment; well developed jaws; and a pair of thoracic legs converted into poison fangs. They are insectivorous, very active, and some species grow to the length of a foot.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Eng: chilopoda
Urdu: ہزار پا ۔ یا کھنکھجُورے کے خاندان سے تَعلُّق رکھنے والے کیڑے ۔
