Chilopoda

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Chilopoda also chilopods (noun, plural; Greek cheilos, lip; pous, foot): A group of terrestrial arthropods, commonly called centipedes, characterized by having numerous trunk segments, each with a single pair of walking legs, except the first segment that bears a pair of forcipulate poison fangs.