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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In Kirby's system (1826), a class of insects corresponding to the modern class Myriapoda.
  • In Annelida, a large division of worms which are polypod, divided into Nereidina and Serpulina: distinguished from Apoda.
  • An order of cephalopods represented by the nautiloids. See Nautilidæ.

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