scolopendrid

[ skol-uh-pen-drid ]

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noun

any myriapod of the order Scolopendrida, including many large, poisonous centipedes.

scolopendrid

/ ˌskɒləˈpɛndrɪd; ˌskɒləˈpɛndraɪn; -drɪn /

any centipede of the family Scolopendridae, including some large and poisonous species

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< New Latin Scolopendrida order name, equivalent to scolopendr ( a ) (< Greek skolópendra millipede) + -ida -ida; -id ²

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C19: from New Latin Scolopendridae, from Latin scolopendra, from Greek skolopendra legendary sea-fish

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They occur in Lepisma, the Iulid, and several of the Scolopendrid.

The following is the structure, as to its organs, of the mouth of the myriapods, as exhibited by the centipedes (Scolopendrid).

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