mil|li|pede

mil|li|pede
mil|li|pede «MIHL uh peed», noun.
any one of a class of small, wormlike arthropods having a body consisting of many segments, most of which bear two pairs of legs; diplopod: »

Millipedes do not rank as a major agricultural pest (Science News).

Also, milleped, millepede, milliped.
[< Latin mīllepeda < mīlle thousand + pēs, pedis foot]

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  • mil|le|pede — «MIHL uh peed», noun. = millipede. (Cf. ↑millipede) …   Useful english dictionary

  • mil·li·pede — /ˈmıləˌpiːd/ noun, pl pedes [count] : a small creature that is like an insect and that has a long, thin body with many legs …   Useful english dictionary

  • mil — al·che·mil·la; ar·mil; ar·mil·la; ar·mil·lar·ia; ar·mil·lary; au·mil; au·mil·dar; bis·mil·lah; bog·o·mil; bog·o·mil·ism; brown·mil·ler·ite; fa·mil·ia; fa·mil·ial; fa·mil·iar·ism; fa·mil·iar·i·ty; fa·mil·iar·iza·tion; fa·mil·iar·ize;… …   English syllables

  • millipede — mil·li·pede …   English syllables

  • millipede — mil|li|pede [ˈmılıpi:d] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: millepeda, from mille thousand + pes foot ] a long thin creature with a very large number of legs →↑centipede …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • millepede — mil|le|pede [ mılı,pid ] another spelling of millipede …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • millipede — mil|li|pede [ mılı,pid ] noun count an insect with a long thin body and many pairs of small legs …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • millepede — mil•le•pede [[t]ˈmɪl əˌpid[/t]] n. ent millipede …   From formal English to slang

  • millipede — mil•li•pede or millepede [[t]ˈmɪl əˌpid[/t]] n. ent 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 • Etymology: 1595–1605; < L mīlipeda (Pliny) …   From formal English to slang

  • li — ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom; ab·o·li·tion·ism; ab·o·li·tion·ist; ab·o·li·tion·ize; acan·tho·ceph·a·li; acan·tho·li·mon; aceph·a·li·na; acet·y·li·za·tion; acho·li; ade·lo·spon·dy·li; ae·go·li·us; ae·o·li·an·ly; ae·tha·li·oid;… …   English syllables

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