noun
- small worm-like arthropods with many legs, typically found in soil and decaying organic matter
Usage: plural of millipede
Examples
- The children found several millipedes under the rotting log.
- Millipedes help decompose fallen leaves in the forest.
- Unlike centipedes, millipedes are harmless to humans.
- The garden was full of millipedes after the rain.
- Millipedes curl up into a ball when threatened.
- We studied millipedes in our biology class.