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MILLIPED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does milliped mean? 

MILLIPED (noun)
  The noun MILLIPED has 1 sense:

1. any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legsplay

  Familiarity information: MILLIPED used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MILLIPED (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

millepede; milliped; millipede

Hypernyms ("milliped" is a kind of...):

arthropod (invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin)

Holonyms ("milliped" is a member of...):

class Diplopoda; class Myriapoda; Diplopoda; Myriapoda (arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs: millipedes)


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