multiped

mul·ti·ped

[muhl-ti-ped]
adjective
having many feet.
Also, mul·ti·pede [muhl-ti-peed] .


Origin:
1595–1605; < Latin multiped- (stem of multipēs) many-footed. See multi-, -ped

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multiped or rare multipede (ˈmʌltɪˌpɛd, ˈmʌltɪˌpiːd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  having many feet
 
n
2.  an insect or animal having many feet
 
[C17: from Latin multipēs]
 
multipede or rare multipede
 
adj
 
n
 
[C17: from Latin multipēs]

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Multiped is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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