Centipede

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Centipede \Cen"ti*pede\, n. [L. centipeda; centum a hundred +
     pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. centip[`e]de.] (Zool.)
     A species of the Myriapoda; esp. the large, flattened,
     venomous kinds of the order {Chilopoda}, found in tropical
     climates. they are many-jointed, and have a great number of
     feet. [Formerly also chi`lioi {centiped} (?).]


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  centipede
       n : chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened
           body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs the
           foremost being modified into poison fangs

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  60 Moby Thesaurus words for "centipede":
     C, Chilopoda, Chordata, Echiuroidea, Ectoprocta, Entoprocta,
     Monoplacophora, Nemertinea, Phoronidea, arachnid, arthropod,
     beetle, bicentenary, bicentennial, bug, caterpillar, cental,
     centare, centenarian, centenary, centennial, centennium, centigram,
     centimeter, centistere, centred, centref, centrev, centumvir,
     centumvirate, centurion, century, chilopod, cwt, daddy longlegs,
     diplopod, fly, gross, harvestman, hecatomb, hexapod, hundred,
     hundredweight, insect, larva, long hundred, maggot, millepede,
     millipede, mite, nymph, one C, scorpion, sesquicentenary,
     sesquicentennial, spider, tarantula, tercentenary, tercentennial,
     tick