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Definition of: millipede
(mil′ə·pēd) noun
A herbivorous, slow–moving arthropod (class Diplopoda) having a rounded body marked by numerous segments, from nearly all of which issue two pairs of appendages: also spelled milleped, millepede. Also mil′li·ped (-ped). [<L millepeda <mille thousand + pes, pedis foot]
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