Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - millipede
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Millipede
millipede
noun Etymology: Latin millepeda, a small crawling animal, from mille thousand + ped-, pes foot — more at foot Date: 1601 any of a class (Diplopoda) of myriapod arthropods having usually a cylindrical segmented body covered with hard integument, two pairs of legs on most apparent segments, and unlike centipedes no poison fangs
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n. (also millepede) any arthropod of the class Diplopoda, having a long segmented body with two pairs of legs on each segment. Etymology: L millepeda wood-louse f. mille thousand + pes pedis foot ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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(millipedes) A millipede is a small creature with a long narrow body and a lot of legs. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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- 1601, from L. millepeda "wood louse," a type of crawling insect, from mille "thousand" + pes (gen. pedis) "foot." Probably a loan-translation of Gk. chiliopous. MILQUETOAST - 1924, from Caspar Milquetoast, cartoon character created by H.T. Webster as "The Timid Soul." Probably a variation of milksop (see milk). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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