MILLIPEDE


Meaning of MILLIPEDE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmi-lə-ˌpēd ]

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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