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centipede definition

cen·ti·pede (sen′tə pēd′)

noun

any of a class (Chilopoda) of elongated, many-segmented, insect-eating arthropods with a pair of legs to each segment, the front pair being modified into poison claws

Etymology: Fr < L centipeda < centi-, centi- + -peda < pes (gen. pedis), foot

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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