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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See gally-worm.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A chilognath myriapod of the genus Iulus, and allied genera, having numerous short legs along the sides; a milliped or “thousand legs.” See chilognatha.

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