galley-worm

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

Probably so called because the numerous legs along the sides move rhythmically like the oars of a galley.

Noun

galley-worm (plural galley-worms)

1. A chilognath myriapod of the genus and allied genera, having numerous short legs along the sides; a millipede.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “galley-worm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)