n.
Variant: also myr · io · pod
Pronunciation: ' mir- ē - ə - ˌ päd
Function: noun
Etymology: ultimately from Greek myrioi + pod-, pous foot ― more at FOOT
Date: 1826
: any of a group (Myriapoda) of arthropods having the body made up of numerous similar segments nearly all of which bear true jointed legs and including the millipedes and centipedes
– myriapod also myriopod adjective