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millipede
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mil·li·pede or mil·le·pede  (ml-pd)
n.
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.

[Latin mlipeda, a kind of insect : mlle, thousand; see gheslo- in Indo-European roots + ps, ped-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]

millipede, millepede [ˈmɪlɪˌpiːd], milleped
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) 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
[from Latin, from mille thousand + pēs foot]

millipede  (ml-pd)
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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.millipede - any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legsmillipede - any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs
arthropod - invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
class Diplopoda, class Myriapoda, Diplopoda, Myriapoda - arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs: millipedes
Translations
millipede [ˈmɪlɪpiːd] Nmilpiés m inv

millipede [ˈmɪlɪpiːd] nmille-pattes m inv

millipede
nTausendfüß(l)er m

millipede [ˈmɪlɪˌpiːd] nmillepiedi m inv

millipede
n millipede [ˈmilipiːd]
a small many-legged creature with a long round body. duisendpoot كثير الأرجُل: إم الأربَع والأربعين стоножка mnohonožka tusindben der Tausendfüßler πολυποδαρούσα milpiés tuhatjalg هزار پا tuhatjalkainen mille-pattes מרבֵּה רַגלָיִים लाखों पैर वाला stonoga százlábú luing þúsundfætla millepiedi やすで 노래기 šimtakojis daudzkājis ulat gonggok duizendpoot tusenbein stonoga centopeia miriapod многоножка stonožka stonoga stonoga tusenfoting กิ้งกือ kırkayak 千足蟲 багатоніжка کن کھجورا con rết


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