Complete Definition of "centipede"

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English
Image:Chilopod_%28Marshal_Hedin%29.jpg|thumb|right|a centipede
Etymology
From Latin centi-, hundred, + -pede, feet

Pronunciation
[cen-ti-pede] /sen'tah-peed/

Noun
en-noun

  1. A segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda with a large number of legs, traditionally one hundred (though most species have far fewer.)

Related terms
millipede

Translations
Chinese Characters: �, �; �
Chinese: �� (wúgóng)
Czech: stonožka f
Dutch: duizendpoot m
French: centipède m
German: Hundertfü�er m
Greek: �α�αν�α�οδα�ο��α f
Hebrew: נ�� m
Indonesian: kelabang
Italian: centopiedi m
Japanese: ���, �足 (���, mukade) (The kanji mean "100 feet" and do not have a reading which matches the katakana/romaji. This is called jukujikun (���).)
KiSwahili?: tandu
Korean: ��
Polish: stonoga f
Portuguese: centípede m
Russian: �о�оконожка f (sorokonóžka)
Serbian: stonoga f
Slovak: stonožka#Slovak|stonožka f
Spanish: ciempiés m
Swahili: tandu

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