Millipede

//ˈmɪləpid//

Synonyms for "millipede" (19 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Strong matches (6)

Related words (9)

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Translations

98 translations across 77 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • duisendpoot noun (elongated arthropod)

Albanian

1 entries
  • shumëkëmbësh noun (elongated arthropod)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • σκολόπενδρα noun (elongated arthropod)

Arabic

2 entries
  • دُودَة أَلْفِيَّة noun (elongated arthropod)
  • ذات الألف قدم noun (elongated arthropod)

Armenian

1 entries
  • հազարոտնուկ noun (elongated arthropod)

Assamese

1 entries
  • কেৰেলুৱা noun (elongated arthropod)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • kırkayak noun (elongated arthropod)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • шматно́жка noun (elongated arthropod)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • стоно́жка noun (elongated arthropod)

Catalan

1 entries
  • milpeus noun (elongated arthropod)

Central Dusun

1 entries
  • lontugi noun (elongated arthropod)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • ھەزارپێ noun (elongated arthropod)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎠᏓᎴᏴᏗᏍᎩ noun (elongated arthropod)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 千足蟲 /千足虫 noun (elongated arthropod)
  • 馬陸 /马陆 noun (elongated arthropod)

Czech

1 entries
  • mnohonožka noun (elongated arthropod)

Danish

1 entries
  • tusindben noun (elongated arthropod)

Dutch

1 entries
  • miljoenpoot noun (elongated arthropod)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • milpiedulo noun (elongated arthropod)

Estonian

1 entries
  • tuhatjalg noun (elongated arthropod)

Finnish

1 entries
  • tuhatjalkainen noun (elongated arthropod)

French

2 entries
  • diplopode noun (elongated arthropod)
  • mille-pattes noun (elongated arthropod)

Galician

1 entries
  • cempés noun (elongated arthropod)

German

1 entries
  • Tausendfüßler noun (elongated arthropod)

Greek

2 entries
  • διπλόποδο noun (elongated arthropod)
  • σαρανταποδαρούσα noun (elongated arthropod)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • milipèd noun (elongated arthropod)

Haryanvi

1 entries
  • गिजाई noun (elongated arthropod)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מרבה רגלים noun (elongated arthropod)

Hindi

1 entries
  • गिजाई noun (elongated arthropod)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • százlábú noun (elongated arthropod)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kaki seribu noun (elongated arthropod)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • millepedes noun (elongated arthropod)
  • myriapodo noun (elongated arthropod)

Italian

1 entries
  • millepiedi noun (elongated arthropod)

Japanese

2 entries
  • ヤスデ noun (elongated arthropod)
  • 馬陸 noun (elongated arthropod)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • қосжұпаяқты noun (elongated arthropod)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • tānghīumāuhìukàp noun (elongated arthropod)

Korean

1 entries
  • 노래기 noun (elongated arthropod)

Latin

1 entries
  • multipēs noun (elongated arthropod)

Latvian

1 entries
  • daudzkājis noun (elongated arthropod)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • šimtakojis noun (elongated arthropod)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • стоногалка noun (elongated arthropod)

Malay

1 entries
  • gonggok noun (elongated arthropod)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • തേരട്ട noun (elongated arthropod)

Mansaka

1 entries
  • labud noun (elongated arthropod)

Mauritian Creole

1 entries
  • milpat noun (elongated arthropod)

Minangkabau

1 entries
  • kulum-kulum noun (elongated arthropod)

Mokilese

1 entries
  • limwoskaras noun (elongated arthropod)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • давхар хос хөлтөн noun (elongated arthropod)
  • жаран хөлт хорхой noun (elongated arthropod)
  • ᠳᠠᠪᠬᠤᠷ ᠬᠣᠣᠰ ᠬᠥᠯᠲᠡᠨ noun (elongated arthropod)
  • ᠵᠢᠷᠠᠨ ᠬᠥᠯᠲᠦ ᠬᠣᠷᠣᠬᠠᠢ noun (elongated arthropod)

Navajo

2 entries
  • jáád łánii noun (elongated arthropod)
  • jááłánii noun (elongated arthropod)

Norman

1 entries
  • mille-pids noun (elongated arthropod)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • hezarpê noun (elongated arthropod)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • tusenbein noun (elongated arthropod)
  • tusenben noun (elongated arthropod)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • tusenbein noun (elongated arthropod)

Occitan

1 entries
  • milapatas noun (elongated arthropod)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • قرق آیاق noun (elongated arthropod)

Persian

1 entries
  • هزارپا noun (elongated arthropod)

Polish

3 entries
  • dwuparzec noun (elongated arthropod)
  • krocionóg noun (elongated arthropod)
  • stonoga noun (elongated arthropod)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • diplópode noun (elongated arthropod)
  • embuá noun (elongated arthropod)
  • milípede noun (elongated arthropod)
  • piolho-de-cobra noun (elongated arthropod)

Romanian

1 entries
  • miriapod noun (elongated arthropod)

Russian

2 entries
  • кився́к noun (elongated arthropod)
  • многоно́жка noun (elongated arthropod)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • stonoga noun (elongated arthropod)
  • стонога noun (elongated arthropod)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • centupedi noun (elongated arthropod)

Slovak

1 entries
  • stonožka noun (elongated arthropod)

Slovene

1 entries
  • stonoga noun (elongated arthropod)

Spanish

2 entries
  • congorocho noun (elongated arthropod)
  • milpiés noun (elongated arthropod)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • titinggi noun (elongated arthropod)

Swahili

1 entries
  • jongoo noun (elongated arthropod)

Swedish

2 entries
  • dubbelfoting noun (elongated arthropod)
  • tusenfoting noun (elongated arthropod)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • singsing-singsingan noun (elongated arthropod)
  • singsingpari noun (elongated arthropod)

Thai

1 entries
  • กิ้งกือ noun (elongated arthropod)

Turkish

1 entries
  • kırkayak noun (elongated arthropod)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • багатоні́жка noun (elongated arthropod)

Urdu

1 entries
  • گوجر noun (elongated arthropod)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • cuốn chiếu noun (elongated arthropod)

Welsh

1 entries
  • miltroed noun (elongated arthropod)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • מילליפּעדע noun (elongated arthropod)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • çewreslıng noun (elongated arthropod)

Zulu

1 entries
  • ishongololo noun (elongated arthropod)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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The carp's longevity is unmolested by the turmoil of the millipede.

Source: tatoeba (646796)

In the terrarium lived a millipede with a shiny carapace.

Source: tatoeba (12574287)

The ſaid leaves alſo ſtamped with honey and brought to the forme of a cataplaſme, cure the bloudie-falls or night-blains: but tempered with wine, they heale the bitings of dogs, as alſo of the Millepeed, which the Greeks call Seps, a long worm with hairie feet, doing much harme to cattaile eſpecially; for looke where it biteth, the place preſently ſwelleth and putrifieth.

Source: wiktionary

With one or two exceptions, male millipedes make direct contact with the female and transfer sperm via a pair of modified front legs (gonopods) which have been charged with semen from the genitalia situated towards the rear of the body.

Source: wiktionary

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