millepede

[ mil-uh-peed ]
/ ˈmɪl əˌpid /

noun

millipede.

Words nearby millepede

millennial church, millennialism, millennium, millennium bridge, millennium bug, millepede, millepore, miller, miller index, miller's disease, miller's thumb

Definition for millepede (2 of 2)

millipede

or mil·le·pede

[ mil-uh-peed ]
/ ˈmɪl əˌpid /

noun

any terrestrial arthropod of the class Diplopoda, having a cylindrical body composed of 20 to more than 100 segments, each with two pairs of legs.

Origin of millipede

1595–1605; < Latin mīlipeda (Pliny), equivalent to mīli- milli- + -peda, derivative of pēs, stem ped- foot

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British Dictionary definitions for millepede (1 of 2)

millepede

milleped (ˈmɪlɪˌpɛd)

/ (ˈmɪlɪˌpiːd) /

noun

variants of millipede

British Dictionary definitions for millepede (2 of 2)

millipede

millepede milleped

/ (ˈmɪlɪˌpiːd) /

noun

any terrestrial herbivorous arthropod of the class Diplopoda, having a cylindrical body made up of many segments, each of which bears two pairs of walking legs See also myriapod

Word Origin for millipede

C17: from Latin, from mille thousand + pēs foot

Scientific definitions for millepede

millipede
[ mĭl′ə-pēd′ ]

Any of various wormlike arthropods of the class Diplopoda, having a long body composed of many narrow segments, most of which have two pairs of legs. Millipedes feed on plants and, unlike centipedes, do not have venomous pincers. Compare centipede.