1. arthropods having the trunk composed of numerous somites each bearing one pair of legs: centipedes; [syn: Chilopoda, class Chilopoda]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
class Chilopoda
n 1: arthropods having the trunk composed of numerous somites
each bearing one pair of legs: centipedes [syn:
Chilopoda, class Chilopoda]