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centipedelike

centipedelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a centipede.

Adjective

centipedelike (comparative more centipedelike, superlative most centipedelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a centipede.
    • THE symphylans are small, slender, soft-bodied, progoneate, centipedelike arthropods with long antennae, 12 pairs of legs in the adult stage, and two tapering, unjointed appendages projecting from the rear end of the body (fig. 71 A).(Can we date this quote?), “THE SYMPHYLA”, in Flexpub

Forms of centipedelike

comparativemore centipedelike
superlativemost centipedelike

Origin of centipedelike

From centipede + -like.

Questions about centipedelike

What does centipedelike mean?
Centipedelike means resembling or characteristic of a centipede.
What part of speech is centipedelike?
Centipedelike is an adjective.

Words near centipedelike in the dictionary

  1. centipede's dilemma
  2. centipede-eater
  3. centipede-eaters
  4. centipedegrass
  5. centipedegrasses
  6. centipedelike
  7. centipedes
  8. centipeds
  9. centipoise
  10. centipoises
  11. centiray

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