millipede

Meaning

Any of many elongated arthropods, of the class Diplopoda, with cylindrical bodies that have two pairs of legs for each one of their 20 to 100 or more body segments.

Synonyms

centipede

myriapod

millepede

milliped

caterpillar

🐛

firefly

winding

Translations

mille-pattes

Tausendfüßer

millepiedi

Tausendfüßler

myriapode

diplopode jule

kırkayak

lacraia

miriàpode

milpeus

milpiés

duizendpoot

scolopendre

iule

miljoenpoot

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɪləpid/

Etymology

From Latin mīllipeda (“wood louse”), from mīlle (“thousand”) + pēs, pedis (“foot”), equivalent to milli- + -pede.