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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DIPLOPODA

Di *plop "o *da, n. pl. Etym: [Gr. -poda. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: An order of myriapods having two pairs of legs on each segment; the Chilognatha.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Diplopoda

Di plop o da |dipləˈpōdə dɪpləˈpoʊdə |Zoology a class of myriapod arthropods that comprises the millipedes. DERIVATIVES dip lo pod |ˈdipləˌpäd |noun ORIGIN modern Latin (plural ), from Greek diploos ‘double ’ + pous, pod- ‘foot. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

Diplopoda

Diplopoda |ˌdɪpləˈpəʊdə | ▶plural noun Zoology a class of myriapod arthropods that comprises the millipedes. DERIVATIVES diplopod |ˈdɪpləpɒd |noun ORIGIN modern Latin (plural ), from Greek diploos ‘double ’ + pous, pod- ‘foot ’.