CENTIPEDE


Meaning of CENTIPEDE in English

/ ˈsentɪpiːd; NAmE / noun

a small creature like an insect, with a long thin body and many legs

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 17th cent.: from French centipède or Latin centipeda , from centum a hundred + pes , ped- foot.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.