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nounchiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensorstype of:
Definition that contains centipede
- arthropoda jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes
- myriapod general term for any terrestrial arthropod having an elongated body composed of many similar segments: e.g. centipedes and millipedes
- scutigera coleoptrata long-legged centipede common in damp places as e.g. cellars
- order geophilomorpha small elongate centipedes living in soil and under stones and having more than 30 pairs of legs
- family geophilidae small extremely elongate centipedes that live in earth
- toxicognath either of a pair of poison fangs in the modified front pair of legs of the centipede
- geophilomorpha small elongate centipedes living in soil and under stones and having more than 30 pairs of legs
- chilopoda arthropods having the trunk composed of numerous somites each bearing one pair of legs: centipedes
- scutigerella garden centipedes
- genus geophilus type genus of the Geophilidae: a cosmopolitan genus of centipedes sometimes called earwigs