MILLIPEDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does millipede mean? 

• MILLIPEDE (noun)
  The noun MILLIPEDE 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: MILLIPEDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MILLIPEDE (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 ("millipede" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("millipede" 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)