noun
- plural of centipede; arthropods with long segmented bodies and many pairs of legs
Examples
- The garden was full of centipedes hiding under rocks.
- Centipedes are predators that hunt insects and small creatures.
- She found several centipedes in the basement after the rain.
- Unlike millipedes, centipedes have one pair of legs per body segment.
- The tropical centipedes can grow quite large.
- Centipedes use their front legs as venomous claws to catch prey.