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(mĭl′lē̍-pĕdĭ)

Noun.

[L.

millepeda

;

mille

a thousand +

pes

pedis

, foot: cf. F.

mille-pieds

(Zool.)

A myriapod with many legs, esp. a chilognath, as the galleyworm.

[Written also

millipede

and

milliped

Noun.

[L.mille, a thousand, and pes, foot.] The wood-louse, an insect having many feet, a species of Oniscus.

milleped ‎(plural millepeds)