millepede

/ ˈmɪlɪˌpɛd; ˈmɪlɪˌpiːd /

noun

1. variants of millipede

Example Sentences

Here, expert trainers explain how to pick the right millepede for the job, and what motivates a cobra.

From The Guardian

They see them as great millepedes—“with babies’ legs at one end and old people’s legs at the other,” says Billy Pilgrim.

From Literature

True, the adult millepede ejects a dark liquid which stained my hands and which natives said was poisonous if taken internally.

From Project Gutenberg

A remarkable picture of the conditions of Palæozoic land life is presented by the occurrence of remains of reptiles, millepedes and land-snails in such erect trees as that represented in Fig. 140.

From Project Gutenberg

Small beds of this Thyme, together with mint, are cultivated at Penzance, in which to rear millepedes, or hoglice, administered as pills for several forms of scrofulous disease.

From Project Gutenberg