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centipede in Irish

centipede in Irish is céadchosach — centipede means a small, many-legged arthropod with a long, segmented body and one pair of legs per segment.

centipede in Irish

céadchosach
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.

What does "centipede" mean?

  1. noun A small, many-legged arthropod with a long, segmented body and one pair of legs per segment.
    "The existence of millipedes, centipedes, insects, and spiders along-side the first tetrapods sustained a robust ecosystem in which most animals were predators or scavengers."
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centipede in a sentence

  • The existence of millipedes, centipedes, insects, and spiders along-side the first tetrapods sustained a robust ecosystem in which most animals were predators or scavengers.
  • All centipedes (Chilopoda) and spiders (Aranea) are predatory and although they are often found on corpses their impact on the other fauna is not known.

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What is "centipede" in Irish?
"centipede" in Irish is céadchosach. centipede means: A small, many-legged arthropod with a long, segmented body and one pair of legs per segment.
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