tusenfoting

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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en tusenfoting
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Etymology

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tusen (“thousand”) +‎ fot (“foot”) +‎ -ing (“-ing”)

Noun

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tusenfoting c

  1. a myriapod
    Synonym: mångfoting
    Tusenfotingar är långa och har många ben
    Centipedes are long and have many legs
    1. a centipede (any myriapod of the class Chilopoda)
      Synonym: enkelfoting
    2. a millipede (any myriapod of the class Diplopoda)
      Synonym: dubbelfoting
    3. a garden centipede (any myriapod of the class Symphyla)
      Synonym: dvärgfoting
    4. a pauropod (any myriapod in the class Pauropoda)
      Synonym: fåfoting

Usage notes

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Other terms above are more technical. Tusenfoting is the everyday word for a long "insect" (actually not an insect) with many legs.

Declension

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Declension of tusenfoting 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tusenfoting tusenfotingen tusenfotingar tusenfotingarna
Genitive tusenfotings tusenfotingens tusenfotingars tusenfotingarnas

References

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