millipede
Any of many elongated arthropods, of the class Diplopoda, with cylindrical bodies that…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.
» Centipedes and millipedes aren't insects but myriapods.
Hundertfüßer und Tausendfüßer sind keine Insekten, sondern Myriapoden.
Meaning
1 sensesAny 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.
Tausendfüßler
многоно́жкаmnogonóžka, кився́кkivsják
багатоні́жкаbahatonížka
any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs
Examples
4 sentencesCentipedes and millipedes aren't insects but myriapods.
deHundertfüßer und Tausendfüßer sind keine Insekten, sondern Myriapoden.
In the terrarium lived a millipede with a shiny carapace.
The carp's longevity is unmolested by the turmoil of the millipede.
deDie Unrast des Tausendfüßlers tangiert die Langlebigkeit des Karpfens nicht.
The difference between centipedes and millipedes is that centipedes are much uglier.
Translations
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Origin
From Latin mīllipeda (“wood louse”), from mīlle (“thousand”) + pēs, pedis (“foot”), equivaFrom Latin mīllipeda (“wood louse”), from mīlle (“thousand”) + pēs, pedis (“foot”), equivalent to milli- + -pede.
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