ˌmirēˈäpədə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from myri- + -poda
in some classifications : a diverse group formerly regarded as a class of arthropods that have a more or less elongated segmented body, one pair of antennae, and several to many pairs of segmentally arranged legs and that in current classification make up the classes Diplopoda, Pauropoda, Chilopoda, and Symphyla