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cen·ti·pede

/ˈsen(t)əˌpēd/

noun
- 1. a predatory myriapod invertebrate with a flattened elongated body composed of many segments. Most segments bear a single pair of legs.
Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin centipeda, from centum ‘a hundred’ + pes, ped- ‘foot’.
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Centipede
Class of many-legged arthropods with elongated bodies
Centipedes (from Neo-Latin, "hundred", and Latin, "foot") are predatory arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda (Ancient Greek, kheilos, lip, and Neo-Latin suffix, "foot", describing the forcipules) of the subphylum Myriapoda, an arthropod group which includes millipedes and other multi-legged animals. Centipedes are elongated segmented (metameric) creatures with one pair of legs per body segm... Wikipedia
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