myriapod

noun

myr·​ia·​pod ˈmir-ē-ə-ˌpäd 

variants or less commonly myriopod

: 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

myriapod adjective

or less commonly myriopod

Examples of myriapod in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Their lack of vision doesn’t make the myriapods any less dangerous. —Byjack Tamisiea, science.org, 13 Feb. 2023

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, 11 Jan. 2018

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

1826, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

myriapod

noun

myr·​ia·​pod

variants also myriopod

ˈmir-ē-ə-ˌpäd 

: any of a group of arthropods including the millipedes and centipedes

myriapod adjective

Medical Definition

myriapod

variant of myriopod