| Title | Centipede |
|---|---|
| Text | English Etymology centipede 1646, from L. centipeda, from centum "hundred" + pedis, gen. of pes "foot" (see foot). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 centipede centi·pede / 5sentipi:d / noun a small creature like an insect, with a long thin body and many legs 蜈蚣 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: sea centipede , or water centipede , or centipede grass , or centipede plant , or garden centipede , or green sea centipede , or house centipede cen·ti·pede \ˈsentəˌpēd\ noun (-s) Etymology: Latin centipeda, from centi- + -peda (from ped-, pes foot) — more at foot 1. : any of various flattened elongated arthropods constituting the class Chilopoda, having a single posterior genital aperture and the body divided into a number of segments each bearing one pair of legs of which the foremost pair is modified into poison fangs, and being active, predaceous, and chiefly nocturnal animals useful as destroyers of noxious insects — compare millipede 2. : a rope with short crosspieces that runs the length of a jib boom and is used in stowing jibs in port |
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