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centipede

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /ˈsɛn.tɪ.pid/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chilopod, forty legs, hundred-legs

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A many-oared Chinese smuggling boat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fast crab, scrambling dragon

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: arthropod

Narrower terms: house centipede, Scutigera coleoptrata

History

Etymology

From French centipède, from Latin centipeda, centipēs, from centi- (“hundred”) + pēs (“foot”); equivalent to centi- + -pede.

Across languages

Translations

164 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Acehnese: limpeuën — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Afrikaans: duisendpoot — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Alabama: iyyilawa — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Albanian: shumëkëmbësh — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Arabic: أُمّ أَرْبَعَة وَأَرْبَعِين — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Assamese: চেলা (sela) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Asturian: ciempiés — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Asturian: milpates — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Azerbaijani: qırxayaq — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Bahnar: kơep — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • West Coast Bajau: melipan — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Banjarese: halilipan — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Belarusian: саракано́жка (sarakanóžka) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Bengali: কেন্নো (kennō) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Bau Bidayuh: ripapien — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Bulgarian: стоно́жка (stonóžka) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Burmese: ကင်းခြေများ (kang:hkre-mya:) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Catalan: centpeus — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Cebuano: ulahipan — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Chepang: साव् — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Chinese Cantonese: 百足 (baak3 zuk1) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Chinese Cantonese: 蜈蚣 (ng4 gung1) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蜈蚣 (wúgōng) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Czech: stonožka — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Danish: skolopender — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Darkinjung: búrranburran — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Dutch: duizendpoot — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Egyptian: z:p-pA-A-L5 (zpꜣ) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Esperanto: centpiedulo — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Estonian: sadajalgne — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Finnish: juoksujalkainen — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • French: scolopendre — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Galician: cempés — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Galician: escoupoleión — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Galician: rapacodelas — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Galician: cerradela — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Georgian: ცხრაფეხა (cxrapexa) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • German: Tausendfüßler — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • German: Tausendfüßer m Hundertfüßler — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • German: Hundertfüßer — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Greek: σαρανταποδαρούσα (sarantapodaroúsa) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Ancient Greek: ἴουλος (íoulos) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Haitian Creole: miryapod — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Haitian Creole: annipye — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Hawaiian: kanapī — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Hebrew: נָדָל (nadal) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Hindi: कनखजूरा (kanakhjūrā) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Hindi: खजूरा (khajūrā) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Hindi: कनसलाई (kanaslāī) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Hindi: शतपाद (śatpād) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Hindi: शतपद (śatpad) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Hindi: शतपदी (śatapdī) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Hindi: गोजर (gojar) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Hindi: चालीसपद (cālīspad) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Hungarian: százlábú — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Icelandic: margfætla — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Ilocano: gayadan — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Indonesian: kelabang — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Indonesian: lipan — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Irish: céadchosach — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Italian: centopiedi — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Jamaican Creole: forty leg — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Japanese: 百足 (mukade) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Kapampangan: laipan — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Kavalan: Rusipan — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Kazakh: қырықаяқ (qyryqaäq) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Kazakh: ерінаяқты (erınaäqty) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Khasi: ktiar — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Khmer: ក្អែប (kʼaep) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Korean: 지네 (jine) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Central Kurdish: سەدپێ (sedpê) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Northern Kurdish: sedpê — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Kyrgyz: кырк аяк (kırk ayak) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Kyrgyz: миң аяк (miŋ ayak) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Lao: ເຂັບ (khep) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Lao: ຈະເຂັບ (cha khep) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Lao: ຈີ່ເຂັບ (chī khep) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Lao: ສະຕະບາດ (sa ta bāt) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Latin: centipeda — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Latin: scolopendra — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Latvian: simtkāji — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Linngithigh: mbiwgh — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Lithuanian: lūpakojai — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Macedonian: стоногалка (stonogalka) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Maguindanao: layupan — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Malay: lipan — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Malay: sepesan — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Malay: kelabang — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Malayalam: പഴുതാര (paḻutāra) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Maltese: ċentupied — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Māori: weri — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Māori: wakapihau — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Maranao: ginigid — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Central Melanau: belipan — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Minangkabau: lipan — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Minangkabau: sipasan — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Mongolian: жаран хөлт (žaran xölt) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Mongolian: зуун хөлт (zuun xölt) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Mongolian: чичүүр (čičüür) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Mongolian: чичүүр хорхой (čičüür xorxoj) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Mongolian: ᠵᠢᠷᠠᠨ ᠬᠥᠯᠲᠦ (ǰiran qöltü) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Mongolian: ᠵᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠬᠥᠯᠲᠦ (ǰaɣun qöltü) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Mongolian: ᠴᠢᠴᠢᠭᠦᠷ (čičigür) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Mongolian: ᠴᠢᠴᠢᠭᠦᠷ ᠬᠣᠷᠣᠬᠠᠢ (čičigür qoroqai) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Tagal Murut: nipal — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Tagal Murut: ripal — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Nahuatl: petlazolcoatl — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Nandi: kimorin — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Navajo: jááłánii — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Navajo: jáád łánii — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Nepali: खजुरो (khajuro) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Norman: bête à chent pids — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Norwegian: skolopender — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Persian: صدپا (sad-pâ) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Persian: پرپا — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Polish: stonoga — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Polish: parecznik — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Portuguese: centopeia — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Portuguese: lacraia — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Portuguese: centípede — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Portuguese: quilópode — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Quechua: pachakchaki — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Romanian: centiped — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Russian: сороконо́жка (sorokonóžka) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Sanskrit: वृश्चिक (vṛścika) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Serbo-Croatian: стонога — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Serbo-Croatian: stonoga — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Sicilian: centu-pedi — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Slovak: stonožka — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Slovene: stonoga — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Spanish: ciempiés — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Spanish: escolopendra — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Spanish: cientopiés — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Sranan Tongo: lusumbe — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Sundanese: babakaur — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Swahili: tandu — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Swedish: enkelfoting — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Swedish: tusenfoting — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Tagalog: alupihan — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Tajik: чилпо (čilpo) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Tajik: ҳазорпо (hazorpo) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Tamil: பூரான் (pūrāṉ) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Tarifit: tamšeṭ n iysan — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Thai: ตะขาบ (dtà-kàap) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Tibetan: རྟ་བླ (rta bla) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Turkish: çıyan — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Ottoman Turkish: قرق آیاق (kırk ayak) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Turkmen: köpaýak — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Ukrainian: сороконі́жка (sorokonížka) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Unami: mèxelkatas — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Urdu: کَنْکَھجُورا (kankhajūrā) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Uyghur: سەكسەنپۇت (seksenput) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Uyghur: كىركەك قۇرۇت (kirkek qurut) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Uzbek: qirqoyoq — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Uzbek: mingoyoq — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Vietnamese: rết — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Vietnamese: rít — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Vietnamese: tít — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Waray-Waray: ulalahipan — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Welsh: neidr gantroed — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Woiwurrung: dirran-marrak — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Yiddish: סענטיפּעדע (sentipede) — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Zazaki: şaney ceniya — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
  • Zhuang: sipndangj — a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda
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