myriapoda

Questions about myriapoda

What does myriapoda mean?

myriapoda means "arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs: millipedes".

How many syllables are in myriapoda?

myriapoda has 5 syllables: my-ri-a-po-da. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for myriapoda?

Close synonyms include Diplopoda, class Diplopoda, class Myriapoda. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is myriapoda a common word?

myriapoda is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.