Home › Words › M › millipedemillipede/ˈmɪləpid/millipede means any of many elongated arthropods, of the class Diplopoda, with cylindrical bodies that have two pairs of legs for each one of their 20 to 100 or more body segments.millipede is pronounced /ˈmɪləpid/.EtymologyFrom Latin mīllipeda (“wood louse”), from mīlle (“thousand”) + pēs, pedis (“foot”), equivalent to milli- + -pede.nounAny of many elongated arthropods, of the class Diplopoda, with cylindrical bodies that have two pairs of legs for each one of their 20 to 100 or more body segments.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).