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centipede

DEFINITIONS OF: centipede

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n 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

Types:
Scutigera coleoptrata, house centipede
long-legged centipede common in damp places as e.g. cellars
Type of:
arthropod
invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
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