How to Use millipede in a Sentence

millipede

noun
Definition of millipedenext
  • Even more basic: Despite the name, the millipede with the most legs has 750.
    — Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2019
  • According to Greshko, the ants were afraid of everything from millipedes to mites to smaller ants.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 18 May 2017
  • According to Greshko, the ants were afraid of everything from millipedes to mites to smaller ants.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 17 May 2017
  • Clean up hiding places for slugs, sowbugs and millipedes.
    — oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2022
  • The porous limestone walls are laced with thick brown arteries of twigs and creepers; below it, the ground teems with large ants and dark-blue millipedes which dart through the dirt.
    — 1843, 20 Feb. 2020
  • Researchers in Australia announced the discovery of the first true millipede, with 1,306 legs.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022
  • In your situation, the millipedes seem to be feeding on already decaying corms and are not the cause of the problem.
    — oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The first true millipede has been discovered in Australia.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 17 Dec. 2021
  • The Los Angeles thread millipede — a tiny creature that’s been found crawling in some SoCal parks.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
  • Imagine a giant millipede crawling along the jungle floor with a leggy, eight-foot-long body.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2022
  • Yes, cyanide—the same chemical compound that spies put in their worst-case-scenario capsules and millipedes emit to keep predators away.
    — Jason Bittel, Smithsonian, 11 May 2017
  • Yes, cyanide—the same chemical compound that spies put in their worst-case-scenario capsules and millipedes emit to keep predators away.
    — Jason Bittel, Smithsonian, 11 May 2017
  • Since the 1800s, the cliffs have yielded numerous finds, including tracks and segments of millipedes that may have been seven feet long.
    — National Geographic, 28 Sep. 2016
  • Stick insects, millipedes and grasshoppers all light up under UV light.
    — Julissa Treviño, Smithsonian, 9 Apr. 2018
  • The first ever true millipede with over 1,000 legs has been discovered in western Australia.
    — Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2021
  • And giant African millipedes (the same species of arthropods that escaped from a package addressed to Wlodzimie Lapkiewicz)?
    — Jani Actman, National Geographic, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Eumillipes Persephone is an eyeless millipede that has over 1,000 legs across its long body.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 18 Dec. 2021
  • On the ground, the eight-foot millipede Arthropleura Armata crawled around; it’s believed to be the largest invertebrate in the history of Earth.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2022
  • Think of spiders or millipedes, neither of which trip over themselves, despite being equipped only with bug brains.
    — R. Douglas Fields, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2018
  • According to a press release by the University of Cambridge, the largest-ever fossil of a giant millipede—as big as a mid-size car—has been found on a beach in the north of England.
    — David Bressan, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Scientists discovered the pink dragon millipede in 2007 in the Greater Mekong region of Thailand.
    — Liz Langley, National Geographic, 28 Jan. 2017
  • While the gonopods are on the seventh segment, the millipede’s sperm actually originates on the second segment.
    — National Geographic, 16 Sep. 2017
  • According to a press release, the millipede-like fossil is about 550 million years old and was found in rock formations near the city of Yiling in east central China.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 7 Sep. 2019
  • Some big oak tress can shelter 1 glowing millipede in every square metre.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2011
  • However, until now, the most legs any millipede was known to have was 750 with Illacme plenipes from California.
    — ABC News, 19 Dec. 2021
  • This is one of the flatter millipede species, an herbivore who mainly feeds on decaying plant matter.
    — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 3 June 2019
  • Similarly, lemurs chew on toxic millipedes to get high, and big-horn sheep seek out a rare form of narcotic lichen, grinding their teeth right to the gums to scrape every last bit from the rocks in order to get their fix.
    — Ashley Stimpson, Popular Mechanics, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The two sit together as Helaena holds a black millipede from her bug collection, counting its segments.
    — Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Excess water retention in the growing mix can damage roots that the millipedes would then begin nibbling.
    — oregonlive, 8 Feb. 2020
  • Contrary to what their name suggests, most millipedes don’t actually have 1,000 legs.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2023

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