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MILLEPEDE

Dictionary entry overview: What does millepede mean?

• MILLEPEDE (noun)
The noun MILLEPEDE 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 legs

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

Dictionary entry details

• MILLEPEDE (noun)

Sense 1

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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 ("millepede" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("millepede" 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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