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milliped

milliped

8.0
A small animal with a long round body and many legs that moves slowly
  • noun
  • /ˈmɪlɪˌpɛd/
translation icon : milpiés
  • Many people mistake a centipede for a milliped, but they are quite different creatures.

Examples

  • The milliped has a cylindrical body composed of many segments, each with two pairs of legs.

  • The scientist carefully observed the milliped as it crawled across the forest floor.

  • Some gardeners welcome the presence of a milliped because it helps decompose organic matter.

  • I found a milliped under the rock.

  • The millipeds crawl slowly on the forest floor.

  • Some gardeners welcome the presence of a milliped because it helps decompose organic matter.

  • The scientist carefully observed the milliped as it crawled across the forest floor.

Synonyms

millipede
vsmilliped
5 4.9

A small long animal with many legs that eats plants or dead leaves

uses a less common alternative name instead of the ordinary name
diplopod
vsmilliped
  • Specialized
9.2

An animal with many body segments and many legs like a millipede

is the everyday common name, not the formal biological class term

Surface Forms

milliped singular
millipeds plural

Morphology

milliped = millipede (semi-transparent) = milli + ped

The word is essentially a variant/spelling of 'millipede' built from combining forms meaning 'thousand' + 'foot', but those combining forms are not fully transparent to average B1 learners.

Etymology

Milliped comes from parts that mean 'thousand' (milli-) and 'foot' (-ped), the same foot root you see in pedal. So it means 'thousand feet', which is a helpful way to remember that a milliped is an animal with many legs, even though it rarely has a real thousand.