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(sen′tə·pēd) noun
Any of a class (Chilopoda) of carnivorous, predatory arthropods having elongate, segmented bodies bearing a pair of legs on each segment, the front pair being modified into poison claws. Also called chilopod. [<F <L centipeda <centum hundred + pes, pedis foot]
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