millepede

noun

1. millipede.

noun

1. 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.

noun

1. variants of millipede

noun

1. 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 legsSee also myriapod

n.also millepede, c.1600, from Latin millepeda “wood louse,” a type of crawling insect, from mille “thousand” (see million) + pes (genitive pedis) “foot” (see foot (n.)). Probably a loan-translation of Greek chiliopous.

1. 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.