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Centipede

A species of the Myriapoda esp the large flattened venomous kinds of the order Chilopoda found in tropical climates they are many jointed and have a great number of feet...


Chilopoda

One of the orders of myriapods including the centipedes 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...


Geophilidae

A natural family of small extremely elongate earth living centipedes...


Geophilomorpha

an order of myriopod arthropods containing elongated centipedes living in soil and under stones and having more than 30 pairs of legs...


Geophilus

The type type genus of the Geophilidae a cosmopolitan genus of centipedes sometimes called earwigs...


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