Malacopoda
Malacopoda , proper noun, plural
[New Latin, from Greek malako`s soft + -poda.]
(Zoology) A class of air-breathing Arthropoda; -- called also Protracheata, and Onychophora.
They somewhat resemble myriapods, and have from seventeen to thirty-three pairs of short, imperfectly jointed legs, two pairs of simple jaws, and a pair of antennae. The trancheae are connected with numerous spiracles scattered over the surface of the body. Peripatus is the only known genus. See Peripatus.