The Collaborative International Dictionary
Centipede \Cen"ti*pede\, n. [L. centipeda; centum a hundred + pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. centip[`e]de.] (Zo["o]l.) A species of the Myriapoda; esp. the large, flattened, venomous kinds of the order Chilopoda, found in tropical climates. they are many-jointed, and have a great number of feet. [Formerly also chi`lioi centiped (?).]
Wiktionary
n. (archaic form of centipede English)
Usage examples of "centiped".
These centipeds in particular have a lot of odd and not entirely obvious response characteristics outside their quote normal unquote usage range.
They therefore made them more like centipeds with large, bell-shaped feet, connected with a superstructural deck by ankle-jointed pipes, through which, when necessary, a pressure of air can be forced down upon the enclosed surface of water.