superclass : Idioms & Phrases


superclass agnatha

  • noun superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys; hagfishes; some extinct forms
    Agnatha.
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superclass chelicerata

  • noun spiders; scorpions; horseshoe crabs
    Chelicerata.
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superclass gnathostomata

  • noun comprising all vertebrates with upper and lower jaws
    Gnathostomata.
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superclass myriapoda

  • noun used in some classifications to encompass the millipedes (Diplopoda) and centipedes (Chilopoda); formerly a large taxon including also the Pauropoda and Symphyla; the term Myriapoda now usually used synonymously with Diplopoda and limited to the millipedes
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