millipede en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Latin mīllipeda (“wood louse”), from mīlle (“thousand”) + pēs, pedis (“foot”), equivalent to milli- + -pede.
Meanings
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Any of many elongated arthropods, of the class Diplopoda, with cylindrical bodies that have two pairs of legs for each one of their 20 to 100 or more body segments.
Working with her colleague Henrik Enghoff, the two discovered several specimens of the same fungus on North American millipedes right there in the Natural History Museum’s collection.
2020 May 19, Allen Kim, “A parasite that feeds off of the reproductive organs of millipedes is named after Twitter, where it was found”, in CNN, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2021:An entomologist named a new species of millipede Nannaria swiftae after pop star Taylor Swift.
2022 April 20, Megan Marples, “Taylor Swift inspired an entomologist to name a new millipede species after the megastar”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2023:Soil millipedes (Diplopoda) possess a specific gut microbiota that differs from microbial communities in soil and leaf litter.
2006, Boris A. Byzov, “4: Intestinal Microbiota of Millipedes”, in Helmut König, Ajit Varma, editors, Intestinal Microorganisms of Termites and Other Invertebrates, page 89:When alive, millipedes maintain tension in these^([intersegmental]) muscles and are therefore difficult to straighten out when coiled.
2005, Thomas Eisner, For Love of Insects, page 276:With one or two exceptions, male millipedes make direct contact with the female and transfer sperm via a pair of modified front legs (gonopods) which have been charged with semen from the genitalia situated towards the rear of the body.
1993, Rod Preston-Mafham, The Encyclopedia of Land Invertebrate Behaviour, page 14:The ſaid leaves alſo ſtamped with honey and brought to the forme of a cataplaſme, cure the bloudie-falls or night-blains: but tempered with wine, they heale the bitings of dogs, as alſo of the Millepeed, which the Greeks call Seps, a long worm with hairie feet, doing much harme to cattaile eſpecially; for looke where it biteth, the place preſently ſwelleth and putrifieth.
1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XX.] Of the Serpentine Cucumber, called otherwise the Wandering Cucumber: also of the Garden Cucumbers, Melons or Pompions.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 2nd tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 37:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| milleped | alternative, archaic | lexicographic | |
| millepede | alternative, dated | lexicographic | |
| milliped | alternative, archaic | lexicographic | |
| millipedes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
millipedic · millipede burn · black millipede · pill millipede · flat-backed millipede · millipedal
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Synonyms
Translations (100)
fa هزارپا (elongated arthropod) · zu ishongololo (elongated arthropod) · tl singsingpari (elongated arthropod) · ko 노래기 (elongated arthropod) · be шматно́жка (elongated arthropod) · mn ᠵᠢᠷᠠᠨ ᠬᠥᠯᠲᠦ ᠬᠣᠷᠣᠬᠠᠢ (elongated arthropod) · kk қосжұпаяқты (elongated arthropod) · dtp lontugi (elongated arthropod) · tr kırkayak (elongated arthropod) · pt embuá (elongated arthropod) · pt piolho-de-cobra (elongated arthropod) · ast milpates (elongated arthropod) · de Tausendfüßler (elongated arthropod) · pl stonoga (elongated arthropod) · vi cuốn chiếu (elongated arthropod) · kix tānghīumāuhìukàp (elongated arthropod) · ckb ھەزارپێ (elongated arthropod) · hy հազարոտնուկ (elongated arthropod) · et tuhatjalg (elongated arthropod) · ja 馬陸 (elongated arthropod) · ru кився́к (elongated arthropod) · ht milipèd (elongated arthropod) · ru многоно́жка (elongated arthropod) · ro miriapod (elongated arthropod) · bg стоно́жка (elongated arthropod) · sv tusenfoting (elongated arthropod) · sv dubbelfoting (elongated arthropod) · fr mille-pattes (elongated arthropod) · min kulum-kulum (elongated arthropod) · ca milpeus (elongated arthropod) · af duisendpoot (elongated arthropod) · cmn 千足蟲 /千足虫 (elongated arthropod) · da tusindben (elongated arthropod) · mk стоногалка (elongated arthropod) · pt milípede (elongated arthropod) · grc σκολόπενδρα (elongated arthropod) · sh стонога (elongated arthropod) · cs mnohonožka (elongated arthropod) · es milpiés (elongated arthropod) · ota قرق آیاق (elongated arthropod) · sh stonoga (elongated arthropod) · lv daudzkājis (elongated arthropod) · gl cempés (elongated arthropod) · zza çewreslıng (elongated arthropod) · mkj limwoskaras (elongated arthropod) · su titinggi (elongated arthropod) · yi מילליפּעדע (elongated arthropod) · id kaki seribu (elongated arthropod) · la multipēs (elongated arthropod) · msk labud (elongated arthropod) · sw jongoo (elongated arthropod) · he מרבה רגלים (elongated arthropod) · mfe milpat (elongated arthropod) · ia myriapodo (elongated arthropod) · lt šimtakojis (elongated arthropod) · pt diplópode (elongated arthropod) · sq shumëkëmbësh (elongated arthropod) · hu százlábú (elongated arthropod) · th กิ้งกือ (elongated arthropod) · ja ヤスデ (elongated arthropod) · ar ذات الألف قدم (elongated arthropod) · nn tusenbein (elongated arthropod) · nv jááłánii (elongated arthropod) · mn жаран хөлт хорхой (elongated arthropod) · uk багатоні́жка (elongated arthropod) · ur گوجر (elongated arthropod) · nb tusenbein (elongated arthropod) · sk stonožka (elongated arthropod) · mn давхар хос хөлтөн (elongated arthropod) · as কেৰেলুৱা (elongated arthropod) · bgc गिजाई (elongated arthropod) · chr ᎠᏓᎴᏴᏗᏍᎩ (elongated arthropod) · nb tusenben (elongated arthropod) · el σαρανταποδαρούσα (elongated arthropod) · pl krocionóg (elongated arthropod) · nv jáád łánii (elongated arthropod) · es congorocho (elongated arthropod) · tl singsing-singsingan (elongated arthropod) · ia millepedes (elongated arthropod) · cy miltroed (elongated arthropod) · kmr hezarpê (elongated arthropod) · fr diplopode (elongated arthropod) · ms gonggok (elongated arthropod) · pl dwuparzec (elongated arthropod) · sl stonoga (elongated arthropod) · eo milpiedulo (elongated arthropod) · nl miljoenpoot (elongated arthropod) · it millepiedi (elongated arthropod) · hi गिजाई (elongated arthropod) · mn ᠳᠠᠪᠬᠤᠷ ᠬᠣᠣᠰ ᠬᠥᠯᠲᠡᠨ (elongated arthropod) · el διπλόποδο (elongated arthropod) · az kırkayak (elongated arthropod) · fi tuhatjalkainen (elongated arthropod) · scn centupedi (elongated arthropod) · oc milapatas (elongated arthropod) · ml തേരട്ട (elongated arthropod) · ar دُودَة أَلْفِيَّة (elongated arthropod) · ast ciempiés (elongated arthropod) · nrf mille-pids (elongated arthropod) · cmn 馬陸 /马陆 (elongated arthropod)