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centipedes

centipedes is the plural of centipede.

Meaning of centipede

Noun

centipede (plural centipedes)

  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.
    • Centipedes differ from millipedes by having a single pair of legs on each body segment.1993, Gordon M. Nishida, JoAnn M. Tenorio, What Bit Me?: Identifying Hawai'i's Stinging and Biting Insects and Their Kin, page 29
  2. (obsolete) A many-oared Chinese smuggling boat.

Phrases with centipedes

Questions about centipedes

What is centipedes the plural of?
Centipedes is the plural of centipede.

Words near centipedes in the dictionary

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

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