multiped

American

[muhl-ti-ped] / ˈmʌl tɪˌpɛd /

Also multipede

adjective

having many feet.

multiped British

/ ˈmʌltɪˌpɛd, ˈmʌltɪˌpiːd /

adjective

having many feet

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noun

an insect or animal having many feet

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Etymology

Origin of multiped

1595–1605; < Latin multiped- (stem of multipēs ) many-footed. See multi-, -ped

Example Sentences

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Multiped, mul′ti-ped, n. an insect having many feet.

From Project Gutenberg

It was the on-coming of a grisly, striped, argus-eyed multiped, with fifty heads.

From Project Gutenberg

When they teach that creation's object and end was man, your theologians and your philosophers reason like the multiped of Versailles or the Tuileries, who believe the humidity of the cellars is made for their special use and that the remainder of the castle is uninhabitable.

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