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myriapod, a. and n.|ˈmɪrɪəpɒd| Also myrio-. [ad. mod.L. Myriapoda (see next).] a. adj. Having very numerous legs; spec. pertaining to or having the characteristics of the Myriapoda. b. n. One of the Myriapoda.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xxviii. III. 22 note, Though the octopod and myriapod insects breathe by tracheæ. Ibid. 40 The Myriapods exceed most insects in the vast elongation of their body. 1865Thoreau Cape Cod ix. 187 A venomous-looking, long, narrow worm, one of the myriapods. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. vii. 396 The myriapod larva..is essentially different from an insect larva. 1880T. Gill in Smithsonian Rep. 352 A distinct order of Myriopods. |