or wood louse, in zoology; a species of Oniscus. These insects are found in cellars, under stones, and in cold moist places; in the warmer countries they are rarely met with. Millepedes have a faint disagreeable smell, and a somewhat pungent, sweetish, nauseous taste. They have been highly celebrated in suppressions of urine, in all kinds of obstructions of the bowels, in the jaundice, weaknesses of sight, and a variety of other disorders. Whether they have any just title to these virtues is greatly to be doubted: thus much is certain, that their real effects come far short of the character usually given them.