centipede (n)

n01784675

type n
lex_filenum 05
def 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
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Hypernym arthropod
Member holonym Chilopoda, class Chilopoda
Hyponym house centipede, Scutigera coleoptrata
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Hyponym arthropod
Member meronym Chilopoda, class Chilopoda
Hypernym house centipede, Scutigera coleoptrata

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