Centipede

Definitions

1. Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.
2. A many-oared Chinese smuggling boat.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“Centipedes differ⟳ from millipedes by having a single pair of legs on each body segment.”

“The existence of millipedes, centipedes, insects, and spiders along-side the first tetrapods sustained a robust ecosystem in which most animals were predators or scavengers.”

“All centipedes (Chilopoda) and spiders (Aranea) are predatory and although they are often found on corpses their impact on the other fauna is not known.”

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