myriapod(n = noun.animal) - general term for any terrestrial arthropod having an elongated body composed of many similar segments: e.g. centipedes and millipedes;
is a kind of arthropod
One of the
myriapod, n. & adj.
--n. any land-living arthropod of the group Myriapoda, with numerous leg-bearing segments, e.g. centipedes and millipedes.
--adj. of or relating to this group.
Etymology:
mod.L Myriapoda (as MYRIAD, Gk pous podos foot)