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Answer for the clue "General term for any terrestrial arthropod having an elongated body composed of many similar segments e.g. centipedes and millipedes ", 8 letters:
myriapod

Word definitions for myriapod in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context zoology English) Any arthropod (such as centipedes and millipedes) of the subphylum ''Myriapoda''

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Myriapod \Myr"i*a*pod\, n. [Cf. F. myriapode.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the Myriapoda.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. general term for any terrestrial arthropod having an elongated body composed of many similar segments: e.g. centipedes and millipedes

Usage examples of myriapod.

The Iulus is one of the family of Myriapods, which includes Centipedes, etc.

Flare time must have caught a lot of the great myriapods, brought vast populations of parasites to life, for this many to be still active this long after the flare.