noun
- plural of milleped; small arthropods with many legs, typically found in soil and decaying matter
Usage: alternative spelling of millipedes
Examples
- The garden was full of millepeds after the rain.
- Children often confuse millepeds with centipedes.
- Millepeds help decompose organic matter in the soil.
- We found several millepeds under the rotting log.
- Unlike centipedes, millepeds are not venomous.
- The millepeds curled up into tight balls when disturbed.