Centiped

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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} (?).]


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