'Centipede' definitions:
Definition of 'centipede'
(from WordNet)
noun
Chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors
Definition of 'Centipede'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'centipede'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arachnid,
- arthropod,
- beetle,
- bicentenary,
- bicentennial,
- bug,
- C,
- caterpillar,
- cental,
- centare,
- centenarian,
- centenary,
- centennial,
- centennium,
- centigram,
- centimeter,
- centistere,
- centred,
- centref,
- centrev,
- centumvir,
- centumvirate,
- centurion,
- century,
- chilopod,
- Chilopoda,
- Chordata,
- cwt,
- daddy longlegs,
- diplopod,
- Echiuroidea,
- Ectoprocta,
- Entoprocta,
- fly,
- gross,
- harvestman,
- hecatomb,
- hexapod,
- hundred,
- hundredweight,
- insect,
- larva,
- long hundred,
- maggot,
- millepede,
- millipede,
- mite,
- Monoplacophora,
- Nemertinea,
- nymph,
- one C,
- Phoronidea,
- scorpion,
- sesquicentenary,
- sesquicentennial,
- spider,
- tarantula,
- tercentenary,
- tercentennial,
- tick