centipede
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centipede
- /ˈsɛn.tɪ.pid/ UK
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From French centipède, from Latin centipeda, centipēs, from centi- (“hundred”) + pēs (“foot”); equivalent to centi- + -pede.
noun centipedes · centiped
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Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.
Centipedes differ from millipedes by having a single pair of legs on each body segment.
Similar: chilopod, forty legs, hundred-legs
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A many-oared Chinese smuggling boat.
Similar: fast crab, scrambling dragon
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noun a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
| Español | ciempiés, escolopendra, cientopiés |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 지네 jine |
| 日本語 | 百足 mukade |
| 中文 | 蜈蚣 wúgōng |
| हिन्दी | कनखजूरा kanakhjūrā, खजूरा khajūrā, कनसलाई kanaslāī, शतपाद śatpād, शतपद śatpad, शतपदी śatapdī |
| Kiswahili | tandu |
| Português | centopeia, lacraia, centípede, quilópode |
| Français | scolopendre |
| Deutsch | Tausendfüßler, Tausendfüßer m Hundertfüßler, Hundertfüßer |
| Italiano | centopiedi |
| Ελληνικά | σαρανταποδαρούσα sarantapodaroúsa |
| Română | centiped |
| Русский | сороконо́жка sorokonóžka |
| Tiếng Việt | rết, rít, tít |
| العربية | أُمّ أَرْبَعَة وَأَرْبَعِين |
| עברית | נָדָל nadal |
Talk about this word "centipede." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/centipede. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. centipede. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/centipede "centipede." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/centipede.Cite this
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title = {centipede},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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