Definition of Multipedes

1. Noun. (plural of multipede) ¹

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Definition of Multipedes

1. multipede [n] - See also: multipede

Lexicographical Neighbors of Multipedes

multiparty
multipartyism
multipartyisms
multipartyist
multipartyists
multipath
multipathing
multipattern
multipatterned
multipayer
multipayment
multipeak
multiped
multipede
multipedes (current term)
multipeds
multipennate muscle
multiperformance
multiperiodic
multiperson
multiperspective
multiphase
multiphased
multiphasic
multiphasic screening
multiphobic
multiphonemic
multiphonic
multiphonics

Literary usage of Multipedes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1831)
"A brawny lad the meat was basting, And all the while the gravy tasting; A greasy cap begrimed his head, ‘J'hat multipedes like pepper shed. ..."

2. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1856)
"... the stings of multipedes. seed, in fevers even, acts as an astringent upon a relaxed stomach, and beaten up with water, it allays nausea : it is highly ..."

3. A Gazetteer of the State of Georgia: Embracing a Particular Description of by Adiel Sherwood (1837)
"Let your bedsteads be cleansed every March, and you will be seldom troubled with multipedes, if you should be, use quicksilver and tallow. 6. ..."

4. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...by William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1819)
"... two-footed; such are men and birds : quadrupedes, four-footed; such are most land-animals: and multipedes, or many- footed ; as insects. ..."

5. The Philosophical Grammar: Being a View of the Present State of Experimented by Benjamin Martin (1755)
"... the Going of Mille- fedes (or multipedes) that on each Side of their Bodies every Leg hath its Motion, one very regularly following the other from End ..."

6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1831)
"A brawny lad the meat was basting, And all the while the gravy tasting; A greasy cap begrimed his head, ‘J'hat multipedes like pepper shed. ..."

7. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1856)
"... the stings of multipedes. seed, in fevers even, acts as an astringent upon a relaxed stomach, and beaten up with water, it allays nausea : it is highly ..."

8. A Gazetteer of the State of Georgia: Embracing a Particular Description of by Adiel Sherwood (1837)
"Let your bedsteads be cleansed every March, and you will be seldom troubled with multipedes, if you should be, use quicksilver and tallow. 6. ..."

9. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...by William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1819)
"... two-footed; such are men and birds : quadrupedes, four-footed; such are most land-animals: and multipedes, or many- footed ; as insects. ..."

10. The Philosophical Grammar: Being a View of the Present State of Experimented by Benjamin Martin (1755)
"... the Going of Mille- fedes (or multipedes) that on each Side of their Bodies every Leg hath its Motion, one very regularly following the other from End ..."

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