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Webster 1913 Edition
Malacopoda
‖
Malˊa-cop′o-da
,p
rop.
Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
μαλακόσ
soft + -poda
.] (Zool.)
A class of air-breathing , and .
Arthropoda
; – called also Protracheata
Onychophora
☞ 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 antennae. The trancheae are connected with numerous spiracles scattered over the surface of the body.
Peripatus
is the only known genus. See Peripatus
.