HyperDic: house_centipede

English > 1 sense of the expression *house centipede*:
NOUN	animal	house centipede, Scutigera coleoptrata	long-legged centipede common in damp places as e.g. cellars

English > *house centipede*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	long-legged centipede common in damp places as e.g. cellars.
Synonym	Scutigera coleoptrata
Member of	Scutigera, genus Scutigera	A genus of Scutigeridae
Broader	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