| centipede | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. centipede | 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. |
| ~ arthropod | invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin. |
| ~ chilopoda, class chilopoda | arthropods having the trunk composed of numerous somites each bearing one pair of legs: centipedes. |
| ~ house centipede, scutigera coleoptrata | long-legged centipede common in damp places as e.g. cellars. |
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