HOW TO PRONOUNCE
centipede
/ˈsɛntɪˌpid/
Press play to hear how to pronounce centipede.
American Pronunciation Guide · 1:05
Watch on YouTube ↗
Watch on YouTube ↗
What does centipede mean?
noun
- 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.
More meanings (1)
noun
- (obsolete) A many-oared Chinese smuggling boat.
Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0
IPA pronunciation
/ˈsɛntɪˌpid/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
In the pages of books
See this word in context.
In short, it was a giant centipede, apparently of the scolopendra group, but of a form quite new to me.
Transforming self into a centipede he hides until he learns her real wish.
More book examples (3)
Because every man is a biped, fifty men are not a centipede.
Will it be the same if the food supplied be of a lower organism and consist of fish, for instance, of frog, mollusk, insect, centipede?
Packard records the accidental entrance of a centipede into the nostril.