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multiped

[ muhl-ti-ped ]

adjective

  1. having many feet.


multiped

/ ˈmʌltɪˌpɛd; ˈmʌltɪˌpiːd /

adjective

  1. having many feet
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. an insect or animal having many feet
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of multiped1

1595–1605; < Latin multiped- (stem of multipēs ) many-footed. See multi-, -ped
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Word History and Origins

Origin of multiped1

C17: from Latin multipēs
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Example Sentences

It was the on-coming of a grisly, striped, argus-eyed multiped, with fifty heads.

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