centipede

Betekenis (Engels)

  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.
  2. (obsolete) A many-oared Chinese smuggling boat.

Sinonieme

Frekwensie

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈsɛn.tɪ.pid/
Etimologie (Engels)

From French centipède, from Latin centipeda, centipēs, from centi- (“hundred”) + pēs (“foot”); equivalent to centi- + -pede.

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