myriapod Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun general term for any terrestrial arthropod having an elongated body composed of many similar segments: e.g. centipedes and millipedes

WordNet


Myr"i*a*pod noun
Etymology
Cf. F. myriapode.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) One of the Myriapoda.

Webster 1913