Millipede Definition

milipēd
millipedes
noun
Any of a class (Diplopoda) of many-legged arthropods with an elongated body having two pairs of walking legs on each segment.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
millipede
Plural:
millipedes

Origin of Millipede

  • Latin mīlipeda a kind of insect mīlle thousand gheslo- in Indo-European roots pēs ped- foot ped- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin milli- (“thousand") + pedis (“foot")

    From Wiktionary

Millipede Sentence Examples

  • I was recently given a giant millipede for my birthday.

  • Just a little further along we found several orchids and a large black millipede.

  • Insects of all sorts abound; scorpions, centipedes,spiders, and an ugly but harmless millipede known in Yemen as hablub are very common in summer.

  • Like the pill woodlice, the pill millipede is rather more tolerant of dry conditions than it's relatives.

  • Diplopoda (see Millipede).

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