myriapod
noun
myr·ia·pod
ˈmir-ē-ə-ˌpäd 
variants
or less commonly myriopod
: any of a group (Myriapoda) of arthropods having the body made up of numerous similar segments nearly all of which bear true jointed legs and including the millipedes and centipedes
myriapod
adjective
or less commonly myriopod
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Their lack of vision doesn’t make the myriapods any less dangerous.
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Byjack Tamisiea, science.org, 13 Feb. 2023
Hannah Wood, curator of arachnids and myriapods at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, authored a new paper in the journal Zookeys describing 18 new species of pelican spider from Madagascar.
—National Geographic, 11 Jan. 2018
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Byjack Tamisiea, science.org, 13 Feb. 2023
Hannah Wood, curator of arachnids and myriapods at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, authored a new paper in the journal Zookeys describing 18 new species of pelican spider from Madagascar.
—National Geographic, 11 Jan. 2018
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“Myriapod.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/myriapod. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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myriapod
noun
myr·ia·pod
variants
also myriopod
: any of a group of arthropods including the millipedes and centipedes
myriapod
adjective
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