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centipede

cen·ti·pede

UK/ˈsɛn.tɪ.pid/ US/ˈsɛntɪˌpid/ uncommon obsolete

noun

1.

chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs the foremost being modified into poison fangs

Origin

From French centipède, from Latin centipeda, centipēs, from centi- (“hundred”) + pēs (“foot”); equivalent to centi- + -pede.

Phrases

  • Amazonian giant centipede
  • centipede game
  • centipede grass
  • garden centipede
  • house centipede
  • Peruvian giant yellow-leg centipede
  • sea centipede
  • soil centipede

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