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centipede

noun
🔊/ˈsentɪpiːd/
🔊/ˈsentɪpiːd/
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  1. a small creature like an insect, with a long thin body and many legs蜈蚣Topics Insects, worms, etc.c2
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French centipède or Latin centipeda, from centum ‘a hundred’ + pes, ped- ‘foot’.