myriapod
/mir-ee-uh-pod/US // ˈmɪr i əˌpɒd //UK // (ˈmɪrɪəˌpɒd) //
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any arthropod of the group Myriapoda, having an elongated segmented body with numerous paired, jointed legs, formerly classified as a class comprising the centipedes and millipedes.
adj.形容词 adjective
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- : Also myr·i·ap·o·dous [mir-ee-ap-uh-duhs]. /ˌmɪr iˈæp ə dəs/. belonging or pertaining to the myriapods.
- : having very numerous legs.
Examples
Although they have fourteen legs, don’t confuse them for myriapods.
In his first article he mistakes a species of the myriapod genus Glomeris for the isopod genus Armadillo.
Myriapod, mir′i-a-pod, (more correctly) Myr′iopod, n. a worm-shaped animal with many-jointed legs.
In Geophilus electricus, another myriapod, they certainly do not exist.
In the Myriapod we still have the elongated body and successive pairs of legs.
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