Definition for CEN'TI-PED

CEN'TI-PED, n. [L. centipeda; centum, a hundred, and pes, a foot.]

An insect having a hundred feet, but the term is applied to insects that have many feet, though not a hundred. Insects of this kind are called generically Scolopendra. In warm climates, some of them grow to the length of six inches or more, and their bite is poisonous. – Encyc.

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