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milli·pede (mil′i pēd′)

noun

any of a class (Diplopoda) of many-legged arthropods with an elongated body having two pairs of walking legs on each segment

Etymology: < L millepeda < mille, thousand + pes (gen. pedis), foot

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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