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CIDE DICTIONARY

malacopoda

CIDE DICTIONARY

malacopodaprop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. malako`s soft + -poda.].
     A class of air-breathing Arthropoda; -- called also Protracheata, and Onychophora.  [1913 Webster]
    " They somewhat resemble myriapods, and have from seventeen to thirty-three pairs of short, imperfectly jointed legs, two pairs of simple jaws, and a pair of antennæ. The trancheæ are connected with numerous spiracles scattered over the surface of the body. Peripatus is the only known genus. See Peripatus."  [1913 Webster]

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