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

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett

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