Cĕn’ti-ped, n.

n. [Fr. centipède, Lat. centipeda, from centum, hundred, and pes, pedis, foot.] (Zoöl.) A species of the land articulates of the order Myriapoda. They are many-jointed, wingless, somewhat vermiform, and have a great number of feet. [Written also centipede (-peed).] Dana.