1. Any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs
   "The millepede curled into a tight spiral when disturbed";
   - millipede, milliped

Derived forms: millepedes

Type of: arthropod

Part of: class Diplopoda, class Myriapoda, Diplopoda, Myriapoda

Encyclopedia: Millepede