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centipede.

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.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsɛn.tɪ.pid/UK
  1. 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.

  2. A many-oared Chinese smuggling boat.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From French centipède, from Latin centipeda, centipēs, from centi- (“hundred”) + pēs (“foot”); equivalent to centi- + -pede.

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