centipede
Meanings
Plural: centipedes
Noun
- chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors
- 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.
- A many-oared Chinese smuggling boat.
Origin / Etymology
From French centipède, from Latin centipeda, centipēs, from centi- (“hundred”) + pēs (“foot”); equivalent to centi- + -pede.
Synonyms
chilopod, fast crab, hundred-legs, scrambling dragon
Scrabble Score: 14
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Words With Friends Score: 17
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