CENTIPEDE


Meaning of CENTIPEDE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsen-tə-ˌpēd ]

noun

Etymology: Latin centipeda, from centi- + ped-, pes foot — more at foot

Date: 1601

: any of a class (Chilopoda) of long flattened many-segmented predaceous arthropods with each segment bearing one pair of legs of which the foremost pair is modified into poison fangs

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.