multiped

[ muhl-ti-ped ]

adjective

1. having many feet.

multiped

/ ˈmʌltɪˌpɛd; ˈmʌltɪˌpiːd /

adjective

1. having many feet

noun

1. an insect or animal having many feet

Word History and Origins

Origin of multiped¹

1595–1605; < Latin multiped- (stem of multipēs ) many-footed. See multi-, -ped

Word History and Origins

Origin of multiped¹

C17: from Latin multipēs

Example Sentences

Multiped, mul′ti-ped, n. an insect having many feet.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

When they teach that creation's object and end was man, your theologians and your philosophers reason like the multiped of Versailles or the Tuileries, who believe the humidity of the cellars is made for their special use and that the remainder of the castle is uninhabitable.

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