centipede
nounHow many syllables in centipede?
There are 3 syllables in the word centipede.How to pronounce centipede:
Definition of centipede:
- centipede (noun):
- 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.
- any of a class (chilopoda) of long flattened many-segmented predaceous arthropods with each segment bearing one pair of legs of which the foremost pair is modified into poison fangs
Synonyms for centipede:
arthropod
chilopoda
class chilopoda
house centipede
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