(Zoology)an arthropod of a group that includes the centipedes, millipedes, and related animals. Myriapods have elongated bodies with numerous leg-bearing segments (动)多足虫,多足类
Classes Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Pauropoda, and Symphyla; formerly placed together in the class Myriapoda 唇足纲、倍足纲、蠋(虫戋)纲及综合纲,曾被统一归入多足纲内
语源
early 19th cent.: from modern Latin Myriapoda, from Greek murias (see myriad) + pous, pod- 'foot'