centipede
Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs…Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.
» How many legs do three centipedes have?
Скільки лапок мають три сороконіжки?
Скільки ніжок мають три сороконіжки?
Meaning
2 sensesAny arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.
Tausendfüßler, Tausendfüßer m Hundertfüßler, Hundertfüßer
сороконо́жкаsorokonóžka
сороконі́жкаsorokonížka
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
(obsolete)A many-oared Chinese smuggling boat.
Examples
215 sentencesHow many legs do three centipedes have?
Скільки лапок мають три сороконіжки?
Are you sure it's a centipede?
ruЭто точно сороконожка?
deSeid ihr euch sicher, daß das ein Hundertfüßler ist?
Tom hates centipedes.
ruТом ненавидит многоножек.
deTom hasst Hundertfüßer.
How many legs do centipedes have?
Скільки у сороконіжок ніжок?
ruСколько ног у сороконожек?
How many legs does a centipede have?
Скільки ніг у багатоножки?
ruСколько ног у многоножки?
deWie viele Beine hat ein Tausendfüßler?
Translations
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Origin
From French centipède, from Latin centipeda, centipēs, from centi- (“hundred”) + pēs (“fooFrom French centipède, from Latin centipeda, centipēs, from centi- (“hundred”) + pēs (“foot”); equivalent to centi- + -pede.
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