Myriapod

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Myriapod \Myr"i*a*pod\, n. [Cf. F. myriapode.] (Zool.)
     One of the Myriapoda.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  myriapod
       n : general term for any terrestrial arthropod having an
           elongated body composed of many similar segments: e.g.
           centipedes and millipedes