MYRIAPOD

[myr.ia.pod] also myr.io.pod n [ultim. fr. Gk myrioi + pod-, pous foot--more at foot] (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 adj