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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

centipeda

;

centum

a hundred +

pes

pedis

, foot: cf. F.

centipède

(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

χίλιοι

centiped

([GREEK]).]

See also: centipede and centipède

centípede m (plural centípedes)

centípede m, f ‎(plural centípedes, comparable)