multipede means having many feet.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, multipede ranks #6,177 of 20,656 for Qualifying.
Etymology
From Latin multipeda, multipēs; equivalent to multi- + -pede.
noun
- A creature with many feet, especially a centipede, millepede or similar creature.“XLVI. THE Ambua, ſo the Natives of Brazil call the Millepedes and the Centipedes Serpents. […]
IN theſe Multipedes, the Mechaniſm of the Body is very curious; […]”
- A branching structure with many separate termini.“The stability of the mesophases for the polypedes and multipedes is reported in Table 17.”