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 and divides as my-ri-a-pod under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.