How to Use millipede in a Sentence

millipede

noun

• The snail is two years old and the millipede is only a few months old.
  — Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
• Shibadong millipedes have only been found in caves, the study said.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
• Scientists hadn’t been sure whether to place it among the millipedes or the centipedes.
  — Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
• Said hands will be inside a box, which will then be filled with big ass bugs (starting with giant millipedes).
  — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2025
• Researchers collected dozens of millipedes from the ground and trees around the hotel.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 20 May 2025
• The team also discovered a second new species of cave-dwelling millipede.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
• The team also discovered a second new species of dragon millipede at a cave.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
• Sirindhorn’s dragon millipedes have about 20 body segments and can reach just over an inch in length, the study said.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
• Some big oak tress can shelter 1 glowing millipede in every square metre.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2011
• Imagine a giant millipede crawling along the jungle floor with a leggy, eight-foot-long body.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2022
• And thriving in these flammable forests were eight-foot-long millipedes and hawk-sized dragonfly relatives.
  — Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2024
• Stick insects, millipedes and grasshoppers all light up under UV light.
  — Julissa Treviño, Smithsonian, 9 Apr. 2018
• Among the cuddly petting zoo creatures available to touch and hold were a tarantula and millipedes.
  — Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
• This species, however, was bright and the only orange millipede in its genus, according to the study.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
• Think of spiders or millipedes, neither of which trip over themselves, despite being equipped only with bug brains.
  — R. Douglas Fields, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2018
• According to Greshko, the ants were afraid of everything from millipedes to mites to smaller ants.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 18 May 2017
• Yes, cyanide—the same chemical compound that spies put in their worst-case-scenario capsules and millipedes emit to keep predators away.
  — Jason Bittel, Smithsonian, 11 May 2017
• This is one of the flatter millipede species, an herbivore who mainly feeds on decaying plant matter.
  — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 3 June 2019
• The ranks include not only fireflies but also some beetles, millipedes and earthworms.
  — Author: William J. Broad, Alaska Dispatch News, 23 Aug. 2017
• So consider this a great day to be an ant or an entomologist—but certainly not a millipede.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 17 Aug. 2015
• In your situation, the millipedes seem to be feeding on already decaying corms and are not the cause of the problem.
  — oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2023
• The millipede went unnoticed by researchers for 126 years.
  — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2026
• Based on what previous research found on related species, this millipede may stick its beak into fungi to slurp up their innards.
  — ABC News, 19 Dec. 2021
• While the pups are young, a few babysitters stay behind with them each morning while the rest of the group goes out to dig up beetles and millipedes and other tasty tidbits.
  — Big Think, 8 May 2026
• Centipedes also have long antennae and just one set of legs per segment, while millipedes have two sets of legs per segment, says Hayes.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2026
• Excess water retention in the growing mix can damage roots that the millipedes would then begin nibbling.
  — oregonlive, 8 Feb. 2020
• The porous limestone walls are laced with thick brown arteries of twigs and creepers; below it, the ground teems with large ants and dark-blue millipedes which dart through the dirt.
  — 1843, 20 Feb. 2020
• The millipede measured nearly 11 inches — roughly the length of a standard sheet of paper.
  — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
• Researchers have identified two new species of large millipedes from central and northern Colombia.
  — Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
• The two sit together as Helaena holds a black millipede from her bug collection, counting its segments.
  — Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2022