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scolopendrine

scolopendrine adjective: belonging to, or pertaining to the Scolopendra, a genus of centipedes.

Adjective

scolopendrine (comparative more scolopendrine, superlative most scolopendrine)

  1. (archaic) Belonging to, or pertaining to the Scolopendra, a genus of centipedes.
    Synonyms:
    scolopendrous

Synonyms of scolopendrine

  • scolopendrous

Forms of scolopendrine

comparativemore scolopendrine
superlativemost scolopendrine

Origin of scolopendrine

From Scolopendra + -ine.

Questions about scolopendrine

What does scolopendrine mean?
Scolopendrine means belonging to, or pertaining to the Scolopendra, a genus of centipedes.
What part of speech is scolopendrine?
Scolopendrine is an adjective.

Words near scolopendrine in the dictionary

  1. scolopendrasin
  2. scolopendrellid
  3. scolopendrid
  4. scolopendrids
  5. scolopendriform
  6. scolopendrine
  7. scolopendrism
  8. scolopendromorph
  9. scolopendromorphs
  10. scolopidal
  11. scolopidia

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