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mil⋅le⋅pede

  [mil-uh-peed]
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–noun
millipede.
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mil⋅li⋅pede

  [mil-uh-peed]
–noun
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.
Also, millepede.

Origin:
1595–1605; < L mīlipeda (Pliny), equiv. to mīli- milli- + -peda, deriv. of pēs, s. ped- foot
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mil·le·pede   (mĭl'ə-pēd')   
n.  Variant of millipede.
mil·li·pede or mil·le·pede   (mĭl'ə-pēd')   
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 mīlipeda, a kind of insect : mīlle, thousand; see gheslo- in Indo-European roots + pēs, ped-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

millipede 
1601, from L. millepeda "wood louse," a type of crawling insect, from mille "thousand" + pes (gen. pedis) "foot" (see foot). Probably a loan-translation of Gk. chiliopous.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mil·li·pede
Pronunciation: 'mil-&-"pEd
Function: noun
: any of a class (Diplopoda) of arthropods having usually a cylindricalsegmented body, two pairs of legs on most segments, and including some forms that secrete toxic substances causing skin irritation but that unlike centipedes possess no poison fangs
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Science Dictionary
millipede   (mĭl'ə-pēd')  Pronunciation Key 
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.
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