campodeid

noun or adjective

see campodea

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/kam poh"dee id/, n.

1. any eyeless, wingless, primitive insect of the family Campodeidae, having two long, many-segmented appendages at the rear of its abdomen.

adj.

2. belonging or pertaining to the family Campodeidae.

[ < NL Campodeidae name of the family, equiv. to Campode(a) name of the genus ( < Gk kámp(e) caterpillar + NL -odea -ODE¹) + -idae -ID²]

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campodeid /kam-pōˈdē-id/

noun

A primitive wingless insect of the order Diplura having an elongated body and mouth parts hidden in the head

ORIGIN: Gr kampē caterpillar, and eidos form

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campodēˈiform adjective

Of or resembling the Campodēˈidae, like certain six-legged, hard-bodied active insect larvae