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centipede

The definition of a centipede is an arthropod (a bug) that has a long flat body with many different segments and many legs.

(noun)

A worm-like bug with many segments and legs is an example of a centipede.

See centipede in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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

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

See centipede in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Any of various wormlike arthropods of the class Chilopoda, having a flattened body composed of segments, each bearing a pair of jointed appendages. The appendages of the foremost body segment are modified into venomous biting organs with which it preys on insects, such as cockroaches.

Origin:

Origin: Latin centipeda

Origin: : centi-, centi-

Origin: + pēs, ped-, foot; see -ped

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