Definitions for centipede

centipede cen·ti·pede

Spelling: [sen-tuh-peed]
IPA: /ˈsɛn təˌpid/

Centipede is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 218 anagrams from letters in centipede (cdeeeinpt).

Definitions for centipede

noun

  1. any of numerous predaceous, chiefly nocturnal arthropods constituting the class Chilopoda, having an elongated, flattened body composed of from 15 to 173 segments, each with a pair of legs, the first pair being modified into poison fangs.

Origin of centipede

From the Latin word centipeda, dating back to 1595-1605. See centi-, -pede

Examples for centipede

The stings of the centipede and other animals should be dealt with exactly as that of the scorpion.

Was the creature a centipede he would hardly have drumsticks to satisfy you!

During my stay there I was bitten by a centipede on the ball of my thumb.

If he had as many legs as a centipede, they would tire before night.

And the centipede laughed a cackling laugh and went in again.

You should be a centipede, Hal, instead of that forlorn biped, a bachelor.

T—— once watched one of them in desperate battle with a centipede.

Have you swallowed a centipede or has the cramp-colic griped you?

"He saw me walking in the Stad with the centipede," Greta added.

It was no less than thirty feet long, but it was a centipede.

Word Value for centipede
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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