centipede
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centipede /ˈsɛntɪpiːd/
▶noun an arthropod with a flattened, elongated body composed of many segments, most of which bear a pair of legs. [Class Chilopoda: many species.]
– origin C17: from Fr. centipède or L. centipeda, from centum ‘a hundred’ + pes, ped- ‘foot’.
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