Meanings
- historicalA subphylum of arthropods that included insects, centipedes, and millipedes.
Origin
Derived from the Latin uni- ("one") and ramus ("branch"); referring to their characteristic unbranched, or single-series, appendages.
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Uniramia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uniramia
“Uniramia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uniramia. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Uniramia,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uniramia.
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