malacopoda Meaning, Definition & Usage

Mal`a*cop"o*da noun plural
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. soft + -poda.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A class of air-breathing Arthropoda; -- called also Protracheata, and Onychophora. ✍ 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.

Webster 1913