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myriapod definition

myria·pod (mir′ē ə päd′)

adjective

having many legs: said esp. of millipedes and centipedes

Etymology: < ModL Myriapoda: see myria- & -pod

noun

a millipede or centipede

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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