multipede

== English == === Alternative forms === multiped === Etymology === From Latin multipeda, multipēs; equivalent to multi- +‎ -pede. === Adjective === multipede (not comparable) Having many feet. === Noun === multipede (plural multipedes) A creature with many feet, especially a centipede, millepede or similar creature. 1804, W. Kochs, Experiments with Artificial Propagation of Minute Crustaceans, published in the Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, volume 14, page 307: In the course of two weeks there developed in all the aquaria minute crustaceans (shell insects, flea lobsters, water multipedes, infusoria, green algae), a felted mass […] A branching structure with many separate termini. === References ===