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MYRIAPOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does myriapod mean?
• MYRIAPOD (noun)
The noun MYRIAPOD has 1 sense:
1. general term for any terrestrial arthropod having an elongated body composed of many similar segments: e.g. centipedes and millipedes
Familiarity information: MYRIAPOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
General term for any terrestrial arthropod having an elongated body composed of many similar segments: e.g. centipedes and millipedes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("myriapod" is a kind of...):
arthropod (invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin)
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