HyperDic: scutigera_coleoptrata

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

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