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/ˈsentəˌpēd/,
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centipedes, plural;
  1. A predatory myriapod invertebrate with a flattened elongated body composed of many segments. Most segments bear a single pair of legs

  1. chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors
  2. Centipedes (from Latin prefix ', "hundred", and ', ', "foot") are arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda''' of the subphylum Myriapoda. They are elongated metameric animals with one pair of legs per body segment. ...
  3. Centipede is the debut album by American singer Rebbie Jackson. Released on the CBS label in 1984, the record spawned two top-forty Billboard charting hits, the most famous being the title track. Centipede became Jackson's only gold-certified album throughout her 14-year musical career. ...
  4. Centipede were an English jazz/progressive rock/Canterbury sound big band with more than 50 members, organized and led by the British free jazz pianist Keith Tippett. ...
  5. Centipede is a vertically-oriented shoot 'em up arcade game produced by Atari in 1980. The game was designed by Ed Logg along with Dona Bailey, one of the few female game programmers in the industry at this time. ...
  6. James and the Giant Peach is a popular children's novel written in 1961 by British author Roald Dahl. The original first edition published by Alfred Knopf featured illustrations by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. ...
  7. A segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda with a large number of legs, traditionally one hundred (though most species have far fewer.)
  8. (Centipedes) (Chilopoda). The biggest of the centipedes is the Amazonian giant centipede (Scolopendra gigantean), reaching a relatively enormous length of 33 cm (13 in).
  9. (Centipedes) are a non-fictional species of anthropods referenced by Dr. Sheldon in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode Jungle Fever. When Dr. ...
  10. A return fitting with flexible segments used to direct water flow in the tank.
  11. arthropods with many segments and with one pair of legs on each segment; the front pair contain poison glands
  12. Four-inch straight plastic worm that resembles a centipede. Used primarily for Carolina rigs. Example: Zoom Salty Centipede
  13. A rarely used term to identify a group of people driving in a convoy darting through traffic in an aggressive manner at high speeds to "follow the leader."