MYRIAPOD


Meaning of MYRIAPOD in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

also myr·io·pod ˈmir-ē-ə-ˌpäd

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.