noun
- plural of milliped; small arthropods with long segmented bodies and many pairs of legs
Usage: alternative spelling of millipedes
Examples
- The garden was full of millipeds after the rain.
- Millipeds curl up into a ball when threatened.
- Unlike centipedes, millipeds are not venomous.
- The children found several millipeds under the log.
- Millipeds feed on decaying plant matter.
- The biology class studied millipeds and other arthropods.