Meanings
nounjapygid (plural japygids)
plural japygids
- biologyAny hexapod of the family Japygidae or superfamily Japygoidea.
The japygids could not be established with certainty as carnivores, and efficiencies were calculated (a) with these animals ignored, (b) with them considered as carnivores, and (c) with them considered as 'herbivores'.
1970, John Anthony Wallwork, Ecology of soil animals, page 244
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