Definitions for myriapod

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myriapod myr·i·a·pod

Spelling: [mir-ee-uh-pod]

IPA: /ˈmɪr i əˌpɒd/

Myriapod is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 297 anagrams from letters in myriapod (adimopry).

Definitions for myriapod

noun

1. any arthropod of the group Myriapoda, having an elongated segmented body with numerous paired, jointed legs, formerly classified as a class comprising the centipedes and millipedes.

adjective

1. Also, myriapodous [mir-ee-ap-uh-duh s] /ˌmɪr iˈæp ə dəs/ (Show IPA). belonging or pertaining to the myriapods.
2. having very numerous legs.

Origin of myriapod

From the New Latin word Myriapoda, dating back to 1820-30. See myria-, -pod

Examples for myriapod

In his first article he mistakes a species of the myriapod genus Glomeris for the isopod genus Armadillo.

In the myriapod we still have the elongated body and successive pairs of legs.

myriapod, mir′i-a-pod, (more correctly) Myr′iopod, n. a worm-shaped animal with many-jointed legs.