(n) 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
n. [ L. centipeda; centum a hundred + pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. centipède. ] (Zool.) A species of the Myriapoda; esp. the large, flattened, venomous kinds of the order Chilopoda, found in tropical climates. they are many-jointed, and have a great number of feet. [ Formerly also chi`lioicentiped (&unr_;). ] [ 1913 Webster ]
[倍足纲 / 倍足綱, bèi zú gāngㄅㄟˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄍㄤ] Diplopoda, arthropod class with a pair of legs on each segment, including centipedes 蜈蚣 and millipedes 千足蟲|千足虫, See Also: 蜈蚣, 千足蟲, 千足虫