centipede

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

millipede

myriapod

small

millepede

scorpion

🦂

Scolopendridae

scolopendra

animal

🐾

Scolopendra subspinipes

earwig

large

Translations

ciempiés

mille-pattes

centopiedi

centipède

duizendpoot

σαρανταποδαρούσα

centpeus

Tausendfüßler

scolopendre

centopeia

Hundertfüßer

lacraia

centípede

kırkayak

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɛn.tɪ.pid/

Etymology

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