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plural millipedes
Any of many elongated arthropods, of the class Diplopoda, with cylindrical bodies that have two pairs of legs for each one of their 20 to 100 or more body segments. quotations examples
With one or two exceptions, male millipedes make direct contact with the female and transfer sperm via a pair of modified front legs (gonopods) which have been charged with semen from the genitalia situated towards the rear of the body.
1993, Rod Preston-Mafham, The Encyclopedia of Land Invertebrate Behaviour, page 14
When alive, millipedes maintain tension in these[intersegmental] muscles and are therefore difficult to straighten out when coiled.
2005, Thomas Eisner, For Love of Insects, page 276
Soil millipedes (Diplopoda) possess a specific gut microbiota that differs from microbial communities in soil and leaf litter.
2006, Boris A. Byzov, “4: Intestinal Microbiota of Millipedes”, in Helmut König, Ajit Varma, editors, Intestinal Microorganisms of Termites and Other Invertebrates, page 89