millepede

milleped (ˈmɪlɪˌpɛd)

/ (ˈmɪlɪˌpiːd) /

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noun

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Words nearby millepede

Millennial Church, millennialism, millennium, Millennium Bridge, millennium bug, millepede, millepore, miller, Millerand, millerbird, Miller, Glenn

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How to use millepede in a sentence

You know what a millepede or thousand-legs looks like when it rolls itself up, don't you?
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History|Theodore Wood
True, the adult millepede ejects a dark liquid which stained my hands and which natives said was poisonous if taken internally.
Fetichism in West Africa|Robert Hamill Nassau