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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Prob. so called because the numerous legs along the sides move rhythmically like the oars of a galley.]

(Zool.)

A chilognath myriapod of the genus

Iulus

, and allied genera, having numerous short legs along the sides; a milliped or “thousand legs.” See

galley-worm ‎(plural galley-worms)

A chilognath myriapod of the genus Julus and allied genera, having numerous short legs along the sides; a millipede.