noun
- arthropods having elongated segmented bodies with many pairs of legs, including centipedes and millipedes
Usage: scientific
Examples
- Myriapods are found in soil and leaf litter throughout the world.
- The biology class studied myriapods as examples of terrestrial arthropods.
- Centipedes and millipedes are the most familiar myriapods.
- Myriapods play important roles in decomposing organic matter.
- The fossil record shows myriapods existed over 400 million years ago.
- Students collected myriapods from under logs during the field trip.