Millipede

Quick meaning: Millipede is a noun meaning 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.

Meaning

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.

Example Sentences

An entomologist named a new species of millipede Nannaria swiftae after pop star Taylor Swift.

Soil millipedes (Diplopoda) possess a specific gut microbiota that differs from microbial communities in soil and leaf litter.

When alive, millipedes maintain tension in these^([intersegmental]) muscles and are therefore difficult to straighten out when coiled.

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.

Word Forms

• millipedes
• millepede
• milleped
• milliped

Synonyms for millipede

Depending on context, synonyms include diplopod, millepede, milliped.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include millepede, milliped, diplopodology, geophilomorph, opisthomerite, antennomere.

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