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millepede

British  
/ ˈmɪlɪˌpɛd, ˈmɪlɪˌpiːd /

noun

  1. variants of millipede

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

From The Guardian • May 10, 2019

All the legs of the millepede are working at last.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions by Nassau, Robert Hamill

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