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myriapod
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun myriapod has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
myriapod, n. & adj.
--n. any land-living arthropod of the group Myriapoda, with numerous leg-bearing segments, e.g. centipedes and millipedes.
--adj. of or relating to this group.
--n. any land-living arthropod of the group Myriapoda, with numerous leg-bearing segments, e.g. centipedes and millipedes.
--adj. of or relating to this group.
Etymology
mod.L Myriapoda (as MYRIAD, Gk pous podos foot)
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