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n. [Gr. diploos, twofold; soma, body](ARTHROPODA: Diplopoda)A diplosegment; see prozonite, metazonite.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
diplosomite
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diplosomite — dip·lo·somite … English syllables
diplosomite — |diplō+ noun Etymology: dipl + somite : one of the typical structural units of a diplopod, each bearing two pairs of appendages and representing two fused true segments … Useful english dictionary
millipede — /mil euh peed /, n. any terrestrial arthropod of the class Diplopoda, having a cylindrical body composed of 20 to more than 100 segments, each with two pairs of legs. Also, millepede. [1595 1605; < L milipeda (Pliny), equiv. to mili MILLI + peda … Universalium
diplosegment — n. [Gr. diploos, twofold; L. segmentum, piece] (ARTHROPODA: Diplopoda) Fusion of two body segments resulting in a segment with two pairs of legs each; a diplosomite … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
metazonite — n. [Gr. meta, after; zone, belt] (ARTHROPODA: Diplopoda) The posterior portion of a diplosomite, divided by a transverse groove; see prozonite … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
prozonite — n. [Gr. pro, before; zone, belt] (ARTHROPODA: Diplopoda) The anterior portion of a diplosomite, when the tergum is divided by a transverse groove; see metazonite … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
