🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

ヤスデ

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yasude

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Millipede/ˈmɪlɪpiːd/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #25000 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"植木鉢を持ち上げると、ヤスデが出てきた。"

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As noun
  1. 1

    A myriapod invertebrate with an elongated body composed of many segments, most of which bear two pairs of legs.

    "A dark-colored millipede crawled slowly across the damp garden path."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in the mid-17th century, from French mille-pied, from Latin mille (thousand) + pes, ped- (foot).

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