myriapod

1. 1.

   general term for any terrestrial arthropod having an elongated body composed of many similar segments: e.g. centipedes and millipedes

   Broaderarthropod

Other forms of myriapod

plural

myriapods·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about myriapod

What does myriapod mean?

myriapod means "general term for any terrestrial arthropod having an elongated body composed of many similar segments: e.g. centipedes and millipedes".

How many syllables are in myriapod?

myriapod has 4 syllables: my-ri-a-pod. The stress falls on "ri".

Is myriapod a common word?

myriapod is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.