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1. centipede
   [n] - chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs the foremost being modified into poison fangs
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2. Centipede
   [pronounce: sent-ip-eed ] Anthropod with long, thin body divided into sections. One pair of legs on each body section.
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3. centipede
   A venomous predatory arthropod of the order Chilopoda, characterised by one pair of legs per leg-bearing segment. The venom is injected through the first pair of leg-like appendages, modified into piercing claws; the bites may be painful and locally necrotic, but seldom are dangerous, except to very...
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4. centipede
   noun chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs the foremost being modified into poison fangs
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5. centipede
   any of various long, flattened, many-segmented predaceous arthropods. Each segment except the hindmost bears one pair of legs.[4 related articles]
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6. centipede
   centipede 1. A venomous predatory arthropod of the order Chilopoda, characterized by one pair of legs per leg-bearing segment. The venom is injected through the first pair of leg-like appendages, modified into piercing claws; the bites may be painful and locally necrotic, but seldom are dangerous, e...
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7. centipede
   Type: Term Pronunciation: sen′ti-pēd Definitions: 1. A venomous predatory arthropod of the order Chilopoda, characterized by one pair of legs per leg-bearing segment. The venom is injected through the first pair of leglike appendages, modified into piercing claws; the bites may be painful...
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8. centipede
   centipede, common name for members of a single class, Chilopoda, of the phylum Arthropoda. Centipedes are the most familiar of the myriapodous arthropods, which consist of five groups of arthropods that had a separate origin from other arthropods. Centipedes are widely distributed in temperate and t...
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9. Centipede
   Centipede is a term applied to various insect-like creatures having many feet, and a body consisting of numerous similar rings or segments (somites), all belonging to the order Cheilopoda, class Myriapoda. The most common British centipede, Lithobius forficatus, is quite harmless, but those of tropi...
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10. centipede
    Jointed-legged animal of the group Chilopoda, members of which have a distinct head and a single pair of long antennae. Their bodies are composed of segments (which may number nearly 200), each of similar form and bearing a single pair of legs. Most are small, but the tropical Scolopendr...
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11. Centipede
    `Centipedes` (from wikt:centi-|centi--->, "hundred", and , "foot") are arthropods belonging to the class `Chilopoda` of the subphylum Myriapoda. They are elongated journal=Heredity (journal)|Heredity |volume=89 |issue=4 |pages=239–246 |pmid=12242638 |doi=10.1038...
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12. Centipede
    (video game) `Centipede` is a vertically-oriented shoot `em up arcade game produced by Atari, Inc. 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.<ref name="supercade"> -->--> It was als...
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13. Centipede
    (band) `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.<ref name=AMG-bio> Centipede performed several concerts in England, toured France, and recorded a double-album, ...
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14. Centipede
    (song) "`Centipede`" is the first single by American singer Rebbie Jackson and the title track from her debut album, Centipede. It remains her highest charting single to date, peaking at number four on the Billboard R&B chart and number twenty-four on the Billbo...
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15. Centipede
    (album) | Name = Centipede | Type = Studio album | Artist = Genre = Rhythm and blues|R&B/ Label = CBS Records|CBS | Producer = Michael Jackson<br />Wayne Henderson<br />Tito Jackson<br /> Next album = Reaction (album)|Reaction<br /> (1986) | Misc = --> `Centipede`
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