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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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of multiped1

1595–1605; < Latin multiped- (stem of ܱپŧ ) many-footed. See multi-, -ped
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of multiped1

C17: from Latin ܱپŧ
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Multiped, mul′ti-ped, n. an insect having many feet.

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

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When they teach that creation's object and end was man, your theologians and your philosophers reason like the multiped of Versailles or the Tuileries, who believe the humidity of the cellars is made for their special use and that the remainder of the castle is uninhabitable.

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