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   centipede

   /ˈsɛntɪpiːd/

   noun

   • 1. a predatory myriapod invertebrate with a flattened elongated body composed of many segments. Most segments bear a single pair of legs, the front pair being modified as poison fangs.

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin centipeda, from centum ‘a hundred’ + pes, ped- ‘foot’.

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