millipede
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millipede /ˈmɪlɪpiːd/
▶noun an arthropod (invertebrate animal) with an elongated body composed of many segments, most of which bear two pairs of legs. [Class Diplopoda: many species.]
– origin C17: from L. millepeda ‘woodlouse’, from mille ‘thousand’ + pes, ped- ‘foot’.
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