MYRIAPOD

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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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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