multiped
/ˈmʌltɪpɛd/
noun
- An animal with many legs, such as a centipede or millipede.
- The garden was full of small multipeds crawling under the rocks.
- A multiped scurried across the path, its many legs moving in waves.
- The biology class studied a preserved multiped under the microscope.
adjective
- Having many legs.
- The multiped creature moved surprisingly fast despite its many limbs.
- The robot was designed as a multiped vehicle for rough terrain.
- In the fossil, they found the remains of a multiped arthropod.