garden centipede

/ˌgɑrdn ˌsɛntəˈpid/
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Definitions of garden centipede
  1. noun
    minute arthropod often infesting the underground parts of truck-garden and greenhouse crops
    synonyms: Scutigerella immaculata, garden symphilid, symphilid
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    type of:
    arthropod
    invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
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