scolopendrid

scolopendrid
scolopendrine /skol'euh pen"druyn, -drin/, adj.
/skol'euh pen"drid/, n.
any myriapod of the order Scolopendrida, including many large, poisonous centipedes.
[ < NL Scolopendrida order name, equiv. to scolopendr(a) ( < Gk skolópendra millipede) + -ida -IDA; see -ID2]

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  • scolopendrid — /skɒləˈpɛndrəd/ (say skoluh pendruhd) noun any of the Scolopendrida, an order of myriapods including many large and poisonous centipedes. {New Latin Scolopendridae (plural), from scolopendra, from Greek skolopendra kind of multiped. See id2}… …  

  • scolopendrid — scolopendrine /skol euh pen druyn, drin/, adj. /skol euh pen drid/, n. any myriapod of the order Scolopendrida, including many large, poisonous centipedes. [ < NL Scolopendrida order name, equiv. to scolopendr(a) ( < Gk skolópendra… …   Useful english dictionary

  • scolopendrine — See scolopendrid. * * * …   Universalium

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