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Malacopoda
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Malacopoda, prop. 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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