/mir"ee euh pod'/ , n.
1. any arthropod of the group Myriapoda, having an elongated segmented body with numerous paired, jointed legs, formerly classified as a class comprising the centipedes and millipedes.
adj.
2. Also, myriapodous /mir'ee ap"euh deuhs/ . belonging or pertaining to the myriapods.
3. having very numerous legs.
Also, myriopod .
[ 1820-30; Myriapoda. See MYRIA-, -POD ]