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centipede

[ sen-tuh-peed ]

noun

  1. any of numerous predaceous, chiefly nocturnal arthropods constituting the class Chilopoda, having an elongated, flattened body composed of from 15 to 173 segments, each with a pair of legs, the first pair being modified into poison fangs.


centipede

/ ˈsɛntɪˌpiːd /

noun

  1. any carnivorous arthropod of the genera Lithobius, Scutigera, etc, having a body of between 15 and 190 segments, each bearing one pair of legs: class Chilopoda See also myriapod
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


centipede

/ sĕntə-pēd′ /

  1. Any of various flattened, wormlike arthropods of the class Chilopoda, whose bodies are divided into many segments, each with one pair of legs. The front legs are modified into venomous pincers used to catch prey.
  2. Compare millipede


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  • cen·tip·e·dal [sen-, tip, -i-dl, sen-t, uh, -, peed, -l], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of centipede1

From the Latin word centipeda, dating back to 1595–1605. See centi-, -pede
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Example Sentences

Some have sail-like wings and seem to dance across the sands, others scuttle along like enormous centipedes.

Giant, armor-scaled centipedes wreaked havoc on the olive groves of the De La Croix family, and they’re still known to hang about.

Geckos lay their eggs as centipedes and scorpions scuttle by.

Along the way, they are displacing other earthworms, centipedes, salamanders and ground-nesting birds.

They are all grinding against one another, forming some sort of Human Centipede-like structure.

You must have seen the hilarious South Park parody of The Human Centipede.

It must have been much easier casting the men and women who were in the human centipede in the sequel.

Some who would face a mad bull coolly enough spring with disgust from a cockroach or a centipede.

There is the electric slug which used to be met with in gardens and roads about Hoinsey Rise; there is also an electric centipede.

I never see anything of racing people nowadays, or meet anyone except you who knows a horse from a centipede.

A huge round shot struck the "Centipede," passing through her diagonally, leaving death and wounds in its track.

With a single motion of the knob he sent their centipede-machine crashing out into the clear circle at the mighty cone's center.

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