A millipede doesn't really have a thousand legs.    From LearnThat.org. 

A shiny black millipede scurries out of one of them.    From Wordnik.com.  [1968]

HANNA: A millipede -- look at the legs on that thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 8, 2001] Reference

Went to the bug zoo and held a giant millipede today.    From Wordnik.com.  [dailycomic Diary Entry] Reference

Obviously, then you have the centipede and the millipede.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 4, 2005] Reference

Only one student protested at the sight of the millipede.    From Wordnik.com.  [The tickle of many little feet] Reference

Its oars rippled in sequence like the legs of a millipede.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lord of the Isles] Reference

AVATAR doesn't just "have legs", it's a freaking millipede!.    From Wordnik.com.  [James Cameron’s Avatar Continues To Break IMAX Box Office Records | /Film] Reference

By that measure, a lobster is more complex than a millipede.    From Wordnik.com.  [Casey Luskin on the Origin of Genetic Information? - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

Centipedes, they can sting you; the millipede can't hurt you.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Jack Hanna Lets the Fur Fly - January 11, 2001] Reference

She squealed and pulled her arm away, but the millipede clung.    From Wordnik.com.  [The tickle of many little feet] Reference

If I had to be a bug, I'd at least consider being a millipede.    From Wordnik.com.  [The tickle of many little feet] Reference

SNAIL'S TALES: A big millipede: Narceus americanus skip to main.    From Wordnik.com.  [A big millipede: Narceus americanus] Reference

This new citizen of the Associative resembled a crystalline millipede.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sentenced To Prism]

How about a juicy millipede on a dirt-colored cake with neon-green grass?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oh, Bugger] Reference

The Almighty McD glided over the rugged Martian terrain like a millipede.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jason Stoddard, Strange and Happy » Blog Archive » Eternal Franchise, 22.2 of 31.1] Reference

Pix from Danum: a pill millipede and an agamid lizard, plus the rainforest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference

In a contest between the millipede and the chameleon, the insect would be eaten.    From Wordnik.com.  [I'd Rather Fight Brown Than Miliband] Reference

Both the leggiest millipede and the wild okapi have been found after decades MIA.    From Wordnik.com.  [Happy Discoveries] Reference

The millipede ducked out of sight as Frazier's panicked troops tried to return the fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sentenced To Prism]

Row upon row of short legs, like those of a monstrous millipede, supported scaly segments.    From Wordnik.com.  [The End of The Matter]

Lynnya reaches for a dead millipede, her chubby fingers closing on the small gray remnant.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Towers of the Sunset]

Next to it was a dull-surfaced, single-eyed creature that resembled a tank-tracked millipede.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mocking Program]

It is about a human and a millipede-like alien who flee the destruction of a magnificent city.    From Wordnik.com.  [BestScienceFictionStories.com » Post Topic » From Babel’s Fallen Glory We Fled by Michael Swanwick] Reference

Quark choked, then sprayed a mouthful of millipede juice, forcing Odo to step back out of range.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE FALL OF TEROK NOR] Reference

I apologized to him for making light about the millipede dying, and he apologized for kicking me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oy, what am I doing wrong?] Reference

The new millipede genus will be named in honor of NAU ecologist, John Prather, who died last year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-03-01] Reference

I was passed by a few people in their 70's and a walking millipede in a hurry for an afternoon tea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Who knows what evil lies in the heart of Kansas?] Reference

And excuse my ignorance, but I thought a millipede was an insect, and that kinda looks like a worm?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reading, Writing, Cooking and Crafting: Testimonial] Reference

The list of ten species, with illustrations (none of which is as pink as the millipede), can be seen here.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science] Reference

The other rain loving creature that was out in force and in a multitude of sizes this morning was the millipede.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rain Loving Creatures of Botswana] Reference

Some people might think this is not necessary but they never woke up with a giant millipede biting their arm in bed!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hot Tub Of Death « Fairegarden] Reference

The Setswana word for millipede is one of the first that non-Setswana speakers learn as it is so much fun to say- sebokolodi.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rain Loving Creatures of Botswana] Reference

My daughter aged 9 told me that from the kids point of view, she would want mom and dad to commisserate with her over the millipede.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oy, what am I doing wrong?] Reference