HyperDic: centipede

English > 1 sense of the word *centipede*:
NOUN	animal	centipede	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

centipede > pronunciation
Sounds	seh'ntihpiy.d
Rhymes	able-bodied ... worried: 105 rhymes with iyd...

English > *centipede*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	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.
Member of	Chilopoda, class Chilopoda	arthropods having the trunk composed of numerous somites each bearing one pair of legs
Narrower	house centipede, Scutigera coleoptrata	long-legged centipede common in damp places as e.g. cellars
Broader	arthropod	invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
Spanish	chilopoda, ciempiés, escolopendra
Catalan	centcames, centpeus, escolopendra