Pauropoda \Pau*rop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? small + -poda.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of small myriapods having only nine pairs of legs and destitute of trache[ae].
Pauropoda n : an obscure class of minute arthropods with branched antennae and 8 to 10 pairs of legs [syn: {class Pauropoda}]