Definitions
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- noun A
millipede - an invertebrate belonging to class Myriapoda of phylum Arthropoda, with a hard shinyexoskeleton (exterior armour ), which rolls into a flat, spring-likecoil if alarmed.
Etymologies
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From the Nguni ukusonga meaning to roll up or to fold.
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Other spectaculars include a fire-breathing songololo (centipede), fire dancers, soccer mobiles and puppets and stilt walkers dressed as African animals.
IOL: News 2009
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