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multiped, -pede, n. and a. Now rare.|ˈmʌltɪpɛd, -piːd|
[ad. L. multiped-, -pēs n. and adj., multipeda n., f. multus multi- + pēs foot.]
A. n. A many-footed creature; † spec. a woodlouse.
1601Holland Pliny II. 378 A liniment made with the creepers called Sowes or Multipedes. 1670Lister in Phil. Trans. V. 2067 The Long and Round-bodied read-coloured Julus, distinguished from all other Multipeds, in that their innumerable legs are as small as hair, and white. 1713Derham Phys.-Theol. ix. i. (1714) 406 note, It is a wonderful pretty Mechanism observable in the going of Multipedes, as the Juli, Scolopendræ, &c. 1860Temple Bar I. 127 Those multipeds have the advantage over quadrupeds. 1861Fraser's Mag. Dec. 766 A blood-thirsty swarm of brown broad backed multipeds.
B. adj. Many-footed.
1736H. Brooke Univ. Beauty v. 110 All the wondrous train, Who plung'd recluse in silent caverns sleep; Or multipede, Earth's leafy verdure creep. 1798G. Wakefield Lett. Sir J. Scott 18 Every fellow-creature, biped, quadruped, or multiped. 1828–32Webster, Multiped. 1850Ogilvie, Multipede.
So multipedous |mʌlˈtɪpɪdəs| a., pertaining to or characteristic of many-footed animals.
1713Derham Phys.-Theol. ix. i. (1714) 406 Motion..Vermicular, or Sinuous..or the Multipedous, or any other Way. 1851Fraser's Mag. XLIII. 211 This subcuticular multipedous mode of going through the world. |