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Record 1 2002-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Insectos, ciempiés, arañas y escorpiones
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Record 2 1995-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
DEF

Any of various flattened elongated arthropods constituting the class Chilopoda, having a single posterior genital aperture and the body divided into a number of segments each bearing one pair of legs of which the foremost pair is modified into poison fangs, and being active, predaceous, and chiefly nocturnal animals useful as destroyers of noxious insects.

CONT

The top predator of the terrestrial environment [of the cavern] is a centipede, which feeds on the mat eaters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Myriapode carnivore muni d'une paire de forcipules (crochets venimeux) [...] (Les chilopodes forment une sous-classe d'animaux aux téguments mous, au corps aplati, ayant un seul orifice sexuel, situé à l'arrière).

Spanish

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