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millipede

noun
/ˈmɪləpid/US

Etymology

From Latin mīllipeda (“wood louse”), from mīlle (“thousand”) + pēs, pedis (“foot”), equivalent to milli- + -pede.

  1. derived from mīllipeda — “wood louse”

Definitions

  1. Any of many elongated arthropods, of the class Diplopoda, with cylindrical bodies that…

    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.

    • 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.
    • When alive, millipedes maintain tension in these^([intersegmental]) muscles and are therefore difficult to straighten out when coiled.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at millipede. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at millipede. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at millipede

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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