Definitions
A many-legged predatory arthropod with one pair of legs per body segment.
Word origin
From French centipède, from Latin centipeda, centipēs, from centi- (“hundred”) + pēs (“foot”); equivalent to centi- + -pede.
Used in a sentence
“Centipedes differ from millipedes by having a single pair of legs on each body segment.”
“The existence of millipedes, centipedes, insects, and spiders along-side the first tetrapods sustained a robust ecosystem in which most animals were predators or scavengers.”
“All centipedes (Chilopoda) and spiders (Aranea) are predatory and although they are often found on corpses their impact on the other fauna is not known.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Many-legged crawler”9 letters
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