duizendpoot — meaning in English
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English meaning
- centipede noun A small, many-legged arthropod with a long, segmented body and one pair of legs per segment.
Senses
duizendpoot is used for these senses in English:
- centipede 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.
- jack of all trades (idiomatic) One competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them. [from early 17th c.]