(n)any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs, Syn.millepede, milliped
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n. [ L. millepeda; mille a thousand + pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. mille-pieds. ] (Zool.) A myriapod with many legs, esp. a chilognath, as the galleyworm. [ Written also millipede and milliped. ] [ 1913 Webster ]