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n. pl. [L. tenere, to hold; pes, foot](ARTHROPODA: Chilopoda)In Lithobiida, ambulatory legs of segments 14 and 15, elongated and apparently used for mating and capture of prey.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
