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- noun Plural form of
millipede .
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Examples
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Beetles killed millipedes much larger than themselves.
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In pitfall traps, D. valgum was attracted exclusively to millipedes, and preferred injured over uninjured millipedes.
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From coprophagy to predation: a dung beetle that kills millipedes
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In the U.S. and elsewhere a similar shortage exists for specialists of certain types of black flies, beetles, nematodes, mites, spiders, centipedes, millipedes, clams and parasitic wasps.
The Fungus Among Us Multiplies As Mycological Taxonomists Wither Gautam Naik 2011
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Deltochilum valgum Burmeister killed and consumed millipedes in lowland rainforest in Peru.
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As it cracked open, the ivory substance became hundreds of bone-colored millipedes with heads resembling fleshless night elf skulls.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
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Tiny vermin sprang forth over the World Tree, millipedes and other creatures crawling in and out of the trunk in numbers that suggested even greater corruption within.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
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Tyrande pushed herself up, quickly wiping off those millipedes and other carrion creatures that still stuck to her.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
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Insects creep in, seeking refuge; gnats and millipedes and big, glistening flies.
Memory Wall Anthony Doerr 2010
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Insects creep in, seeking refuge; gnats and millipedes and big, glistening flies.
Memory Wall Anthony Doerr 2010
jmjarmstrong commented on the word millipedes
JM reckons ten millipedes equal one centipede.
July 13, 2011