MILLIPEDE


Meaning of MILLIPEDE in English

n.

Pronunciation: ' mi-l ə - ˌ p ē d

Function: noun

Etymology: Latin millepeda, a small crawling animal, from mille thousand + ped-, pes foot ― more at FOOT

Date: 1601

: any of a class (Diplopoda) of myriapod arthropods having usually a cylindrical segmented body covered with hard integument, two pairs of legs on most apparent segments, and unlike centipedes no poison fangs

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