In the intestine of man, myriapods give rise to obscure symptoms suggestive of infestation by parasitic worms.
And he thinks that the Carboniferous myriapods point to ground beneath the trees.
An order of myriapodshaving two pairs of legs on each segment; the Chilognatha.
Any species of chilopod myriapods of the genus Scutigera.
An order of smallmyriapods having only nine pairs of legs and destitute of trache\'91.
These myriapods deserve respect if for no other reason than because their forefathers crept across the fresh footprints and mud wallows of the prehistoric monsters.
The most familiar myriapods are the millipeds, and the lithobians and centipeds.
The presence of true legs on all the segments of the hinder region of the body and the lack of the three-region division of the body are the principal external structural characteristics which distinguish myriapods from insects.
In a few myriapods there are indications of a division of the hind body into thorax and abdomen.
Compare theMyriapods with the Hexapods or true insects.
Amongst the last was a curious species belonging to the sucking division of the Myriapods (Sugantia, of Brandt), which had a singular method of securing its prey.
All the myriapods found in the woods and fields feed upon decaying vegetation, such as leaves, stems of weeds, and rotten wood, and in winter three or four species can usually be found within or beneath every decaying log or stump.
Full forty kinds of myriapods occur in any area comprising one hundred square miles in the eastern United States.
Some derive the Insects from the Myriapods, some the Myriapods from the Insects, and some think they evolved independently; while the rise of the spiders and scorpions is even more obscure.
Snails, spiders, and myriapods crept over the ground or along the stalks of the trees, and a vast population of insects filled the air.
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