Definition of Millipedes

1. Noun. (plural of millipede) ¹

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Definition of Millipedes

1. millipede [n] - See also: millipede

Lexicographical Neighbors of Millipedes

millionerds
millionfold
millionnaire
millions
millionth
millionths
milliosmol
milliosmole
milliosmols
milliparsec
millipascal
millipascals
milliped
millipedal
millipede
millipedes (current term)
millipedic
millipeds
millipore
millipores
milliradian
milliradians
millirem
millirems
milliroentgen
milliroentgens
millisecond
milliseconds
millisiemens
millisievert

Literary usage of Millipedes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report on the Injurious Insects and Other Animals Observed in the Midland by Walter Edward Collinge (1904)
"In any case, the millipedes certainly aggravate the injury." 1. Journ, R. Agr. Soc, 1902, vol. 63, p. 305., Journ, R. Agr. Soc, 1893, p. ..."

2. Practical Zoology by Robert William Hegner (1915)
"CHAPTER XIV THE MYRIAPODA OR CENTIPEDES AND millipedes millipedes. ... The millipedes move very slowly, in spite of their numerous legs. ..."

3. First Book of Zoölogy by Edward Sylvester Morse (1875)
"DADDY-LONG-LEGS, CENTIPEDES, AND millipedes. 112. IN the insects proper, or true insects, the pupil has learned that the head, thorax, and abdomen, ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1904)
"In other millipedes, these jaws are complex, being composed of several sclerites —a condition which, like that of the mandibles in certain ..."

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