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Definition of Millepede
1. Noun. Any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod
Group relationships: Class Diplopoda, Class Myriapoda, Diplopoda, Myriapoda
Definition of Millepede
1. Noun. (misspelling of millipede) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Millepede
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Millepede
Literary usage of Millepede
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Time Flies: A Reading Diary by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1902)
"I will call it, though I daresay it was not one in strictness, a pill millepede.
Towards my co-tenant I felt a sort of good will not inconsistent with an ..."
2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"... Redeemer: a History of the Doctrine of the Reign of Christ upon Earth," revised
by Hastings (2d ed., Peacedale, R. L, 1855). millepede. See CENTIPEDE. ..."
3. St. Helena: a Physical, Historical, and Topographical Description of the by John Charles Melliss (1875)
"A very thin millepede, about two inches or more in length, ... ?—A thick-built
millepede, about an inch or somewhat less in length, and very abundant. ..."
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