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A class of marine arthropods in which the body is small and thin, and the eight legs usually very long; -- called also Pantopoda.

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  1. n. pl. A class of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/marine">marine arthropods in which the body is small and thin, and the eight legs usually very long; -- called also Pantopoda.
  2. A class of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/marine">marine arthropods in which the body is small and thin, and the eight legs usually very long; -- called also Pantopoda. Note: The abdomen is rudimentary, and the triangular mouth is at the end of a tubular proboscis. Many of them live at great depths in the sea, and the largest of them measure two feet across the extended legs.
  3. A class of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/marine">marine arthropods in which the body is small andthin, and the eight legs usually very long; -- called also Pantopoda.
  4. n. pl. A class of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/marine">marine arthropods in which the body is small and thin, and the eight legs usually very long; -- called also Pantopoda.