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Scolopendra

Scolopendra \Scol`o*pen"dra\, n. [L., a kind of multiped, fr. Gr. ?.]

  1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of venomous myriapods including the centipeds. See Centiped.

  2. A sea fish. [R.]
    --Spenser.

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scolopendra

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.

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Scolopendra

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.