centipedal
- a word derived from centipede.
Example Sentences
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These amorphous creatures glided about in the seas, and vast sea-worms, or centipedal asps, the parents of modern krakens and sea-serpents, doubtless, accompanied them.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 by Various
No, sir, it will not pass; and your uncertainty in regard to the run of the line would only be extended were the line centipedal.
From The Egoist by Meredith, George
A spray of centipedal ivy creeps From death to birth, and reaches to her name; With kisslike touch its tender leaflets feel The letter’s edge,—I scarce can think it chance.
From My Beautiful Lady. Nelly Dale by Morley, Henry
