myriapod
noun
any arthropod of the group Myriapoda, having an elongated segmented body with numerous paired, jointed legs, formerly classified as a class comprising the centipedes and millipedes.
myriopod
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a variation of
myriapod.
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Another simile, even more vivid, evoked the vision of some weirdly constructed, elongated myriopod with eighteen legs.
From Jungle Peace by William Beebe
