Scolopendra

[,skɒlә'pendrә]

Definition

(n.) A genus of venomous myriapods including the centipeds. See Centiped.

(n.) A sea fish.

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Definition

n. a genus of Myriapoda having a long slender depressed body protected by coriaceous plates and having at least twenty-one pairs of legs: (Spens.) an imaginary fish or sea-monster.—adj. Scolopen′driform Scolopen′drine.—n. Scolopen′drium a genus of asplenioid ferns generally called Hart's-tongue.

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