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sea centipede

sea centipede noun: any of various polychete worms.

Noun

sea centipede (plural sea centipedes)

  1. Any of various polychete worms.
    • Anemones with crimson centres waved their velvet tentacles at him, a colony of black sea-eggs moved their toledo-steel spines in sudden alarm and a hairy sea-centipede halted in its hundred strides and questioned with its eyeless head.1954, Ian Fleming, “Beau Desert”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 202
    Synonyms:
    sea forty legs

Synonyms of sea centipede

Forms of sea centipede

pluralsea centipedes
alternative formsea-centipede

Questions about sea centipede

What does sea centipede mean?
Sea centipede means any of various polychete worms.
What part of speech is sea centipede?
Sea centipede is a noun.
What is the plural of sea centipede?
The plural of sea centipede is sea centipedes.

Words near sea centipede in the dictionary

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  2. sea cauliflower
  3. sea cauliflowers
  4. sea cave
  5. sea celery
  6. sea centipede
  7. sea centipedes
  8. sea chameleon
  9. sea chameleons
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