Associations to the word «Myriapod»

Wiktionary

MYRIAPOD, noun. (zoology) Any arthropod (such as centipedes and millipedes) of the subphylum Myriapoda

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats