prōˌgōnēˈäd.ə, -ˈād.ə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from pro- (I) + Greek gonē genitals (from the stem of gignesthai to be born) + New Latin -ata — more at kin
in some classifications : a primary division of Arthropoda comprising forms with the genital apertures near the anterior end of the body and including the classes Diplopoda, Pauropoda, and Symphyla