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Centipede - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Centipede : (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
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Centiped \Cen"ti*ped\, n. [L. centipeda; centum a hundred _ pes,
pedis, foot: cf. F. centip[`e]de.] (Zo["o]l.)
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. [Written also centipede (?).]
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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