Tausendfüßler — meaning in English

English meaning

• centipede noun A small, many-legged arthropod with a long, segmented body and one pair of legs per segment.
• millipede noun Any of many elongated arthropods, of the class Diplopoda, with cylindrical bodies that have two pairs of legs for each one of their 20 to 100 or more body segments.

Senses

Tausendfüßler is used for these senses in English:

• centipede Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.
• millipede Any of many elongated arthropods, of the class Diplopoda, with cylindrical bodies that have two pairs of legs for each one of their 20 to 100 or more body segments. [from 1601]

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