Definition of "myriapod" [myr•i•a•pod]

• Any of several arthropods, such as the centipede or millipede, having segmented bodies, one pair of antennae, and at least nine pairs of legs. (noun)

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• "A small myriapod, about ten centimeters long, noticed Big Ugly Mama and decided to eat her."
• "A two-meter-long myriapod was crawling slowly past her feet."
• "No myriapod can trace more than a branch or two of the Path, Quath'jutt'kkal'thon."