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centipede
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun centipede has 1 sense
- centipede(n = noun.animal) - chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors; is a kind of arthropod
is a member of chilopoda, class chilopoda
has particulars: house centipede, scutigera coleoptrata
CIDE DICTIONARY
centipede, n. [L. centipeda; centum a hundred + pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. centipède.].
A species of the Myriapoda ; esp. the large, flattened, venomous kinds of the order Chilopoda , found in tropical climates. they are many-jointed, and have a great number of feet. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
centipede, n. any arthropod of the class Chilopoda, with a wormlike body of many segments each with a pair of legs.
Etymology
F centip{egrave}de or L centipeda f. centum hundred + pes pedis foot
THESAURUS
centipede
C, Chilopoda, Chordata, Echiuroidea, Ectoprocta, Entoprocta, Monoplacophora, Nemertinea, Phoronidea, arachnid, arthropod, beetle, bicentenary, bicentennial, bug, caterpillar, cental, centare, centenarian, centenary, centennial, centennium, centigram, centimeter, centistere, centred, centref, centrev, centumvir, centumvirate, centurion, century, chilopod, cwt, daddy longlegs, diplopod, fly, gross, harvestman, hecatomb, hexapod, hundred, hundredweight, insect, larva, long hundred, maggot, millepede, millipede, mite, nymph, one C, scorpion, sesquicentenary, sesquicentennial, spider, tarantula, tercentenary, tercentennial, tick
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