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centipede

any carnivorous arthropod of the genera Lithobius, Scutigera, etc., having a body of between 15 and 190 segments, each bearing one pair of legs: class Chilopoda
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centipede

[′sent·ə‚pēd]
(invertebrate zoology)
The common name for an arthropod of the class Chilopoda.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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