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Chilopod

Chilopod \Chi"lo*pod\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A myriapod of the order Chilopoda. [1913 Webster] ||

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chilopod

n. Any myriapod of the class Chilopoda, a centipede.

Usage examples of "chilopod".

They were careful to keep one eye fixed on the distant swarm of ghazneths and the other on the underbrush, since the plain's deadly assortment of snakes, arachnids, and chilopods all liked to hide in the relative safety of the spindly thorn bushes.