'Myriapod' definitions:

Definition of 'myriapod'

noun

General term for any terrestrial arthropod having an elongated body composed of many similar segments: e.g. centipedes and millipedes

From: GCIDE

Myriapod \Myr"i*a*pod\, n. [Cf. F. myriapode.] (Zool.) One of the Myriapoda. [1913 Webster]