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Answer for the clue "Arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs millipedes ", 9 letters:
myriapoda

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Myriapoda is a subphylum of arthropods containing millipedes , centipedes , and others. The group contains over 13,000 species, all of which are terrestrial . Although their name suggests they have myriad (10,000) legs, myriapods range from having over ...

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Myriapoda \Myr`i*ap"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? numberless + -poda.] (Zo["o]l.) A class, or subclass, of arthropods, related to the hexapod insects, from which they differ in having the body made up of numerous similar segments, nearly all of which bear ...