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millipede

(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

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

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noun

Any of various crawling herbivorous myriapods of the class Diplopoda, found worldwide and having a cylindrical segmented body with two pairs of legs attached to all segments except for the first four in the thoracic region. Also called diplopod.

Origin:

Origin: Latin mīlipeda, a kind of insect

Origin: : mīlle, thousand; see gheslo- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + pēs, ped-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots

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