dubbelfoting

Swedish

Etymology

From dubbel (“double”) +‎ fot (“foot”) +‎ -ing, from having two pairs of legs per body segment.

Noun

dubbelfoting c

  1. (zoology) a millipede (any myriapod of the class Diplopoda)
  2. (zoology, in the plural) Diplopoda

Usage notes

Called a tusenfoting in everyday language.

Declension

Declension of dubbelfoting
nominative genitive
singular indefinite dubbelfoting dubbelfotings
definite dubbelfotingen dubbelfotingens
plural indefinite dubbelfotingar dubbelfotingars
definite dubbelfotingarna dubbelfotingarnas

References

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