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Definition of Milliped
1. Noun. Any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod
Group relationships: Class Diplopoda, Class Myriapoda, Diplopoda, Myriapoda
Definition of Milliped
1. n. The same Milleped.
Definition of Milliped
1. a multi-legged arthropod [n -S]
Medical Definition of Milliped
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Milliped
Literary usage of Milliped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East: With Historical Surveys by Charles Francis Horne (1917)
"The milliped said, " It is not so. Have you not seen one ejecting saliva? ...
The milliped said to the serpent, " I go along by means of my multitude of ..."
2. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"Icel. shell, a bowl, the scale of a balance ; Dan. skaal, a bowl. scolopendra,
a milliped; one of the numerous nicknames for a courtesan. ..."
3. The Bermuda Islands: An Account of Their Scenery, Climate, Productions by Addison Emery Verrill (1902)
"Galley-worm; milliped. (Julus, sp.) 39.—Introduction of Terrestrial Isopod Crustacea.
Eleven species of terrestrial Isopods are recorded by Miss Richardson* ..."
4. Civic and Economic Biology by William Henry Atwood (1922)
"It is beneficial. Do not kill it. Laboratory Investigation.—Make a table comparing
the centiped and milliped with the spider as follows: ..."
5. My Life as Soldier and Sportsman by J. Robson Scott (1921)
"On one of their forages the ants came across a full-grown specimen, and a great
struggle ensued. The milliped, with several ants hanging on to each leg, ..."
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