The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scolopendra \Scol`o*pen"dra\, n. [L., a kind of multiped, fr. Gr. ?.]
(Zo["o]l.) A genus of venomous myriapods including the centipeds. See Centiped.
A sea fish. [R.]
--Spenser.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete English) A mythical sea-creature, reputed to be able to disgorge its bowels to dislodge any fishing-hook. 2 A centipede or millipede.
Wikipedia
Scolopendra (through Latin from Greek , skolopendra) is a genus of centipedes of the family Scolopendridae.
Usage examples of "scolopendra".
In short, it was a giant centipede, apparently of the scolopendra group, but of a form quite new to me.
You added the poison from a scolopendra or some other type of tropical centipede to the nerve p6ison.
In short, it was a giant centipede, apparently of the Scolopendra group, but of a form quite new to me.
Scorpions, scolopendras, and other myriapodes, as many as he could wish, and even more, were discovered.