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myriapod

noun
myr·​ia·​pod | \ ˈmir-Ä“-É™-ËŒpäd How to pronounce myriapod (audio) \
variants: or less commonly myriopod

Definition of myriapod

: any of a group (Myriapoda) of arthropods having the body made up of numerous similar segments nearly all of which bear true jointed legs and including the millipedes and centipedes
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myriapod or less commonly myriopod adjective

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 Hannah Wood, curator of arachnids and myriapods at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, authored a new paper in the journal Zookeys describing 18 new species of pelican spider from Madagascar. — National Geographic, "18 Spider-Killing Spiders Discovered—And They Look Like Pelicans," 11 Jan. 2018

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First Known Use of myriapod

1826, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for myriapod

ultimately from Greek myrioi + pod-, pous foot — more at foot

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Medical Definition of myriapod

variant of

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