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millipede
Millipede (noun) means a long arthropod of the class Diplopoda, with a cylindrical body made up of many segments, most of which carry two pairs of legs.
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A long arthropod of the class Diplopoda, with a cylindrical body made up of many segments, most of which carry two pairs of legs.
"An entomologist named a new species of millipede Nannaria swiftae after pop star Taylor Swift."
— Megan Marples, Taylor Swift inspired an entomologist to name a new millipede species after the megastar (2022)
"Soil millipedes (Diplopoda) possess a specific gut microbiota that differs from microbial communities in soil and leaf litter."
— Boris A. Byzov, 4: Intestinal Microbiota of Millipedes (2006)
"Working with her colleague Henrik Enghoff, the two discovered several specimens of the same fungus on North American millipedes right there in the Natural History Museum’s collection."
— Allen Kim, A parasite that feeds off of the reproductive organs of millipedes is named after Twitter, where it was found (2020)
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Etymology
Traces back to Latin mīllipeda (“wood louse”), itself from mīlle (“thousand”) and pēs, pedis (“foot”); this is equivalent to milli- + -pede.
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What is the meaning of millipede?
"millipede" (noun) means a long arthropod of the class Diplopoda, with a cylindrical body made up of many segments, most of which carry two pairs of legs.
What is another word for millipede?
Other words for "millipede" include milliped, millepede.
