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| myr·i·a·pod [ mree ə pòd ] (plural myr·i·a·pods) |
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small long arthropod: an arthropod with a head, a long segmented body, and at least nine pairs of legs, e.g. a centipede or millipede. Class Myriapoda.
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| [Early 19th century. < modern Latin Myriapoda "with a myriad of feet" < Greek murias "myriad"] |
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