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multipedes

multipedes is the plural of multipede.

Meaning of multipede

Noun

multipede (plural multipedes)

  1. A creature with many feet, especially a centipede, millepede or similar creature.
    • XLVI. THE Ambua, ſo the Natives of Brazil call the Millepedes and the Centipedes Serpents. […]
      IN theſe Multipedes, the Mechaniſm of the Body is very curious; […]1742, Charles Owen, An essay towards a natural history of serpents, page 107
  2. A branching structure with many separate termini.
    • The stability of the mesophases for the polypedes and multipedes is reported in Table 17.2006, Bertrand Donnio, Akira Harada, Akihito Hashidzume, editors, Supramolecular polymers, polymeric betains, oligomers

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Questions about multipedes

What is multipedes the plural of?
Multipedes is the plural of multipede.

Words near multipedes in the dictionary

  1. multipeaked
  2. multipeakon
  3. multiped
  4. multipedal
  5. multipede
  6. multipedes
  7. multipedous
  8. multipeds
  9. multipenised
  10. multipennate
  11. multipeptide

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