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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Latin
Origin: millepeda, from mille 'thousand' + pes 'foot'

millipede

 noun
     
millipede
Related topics: Insects
mil‧li‧pede [countable]
HBI a long thin creature with a very large number of legs [↪ centipede]
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