English Dictionary

centipede

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈsɛn.tɪ.pid/

名詞

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.

日本語の意味

ムカデ：節足動物で、体がセグメントに分かれており、各セグメントに1対の脚があり、全体で約20〜300本の脚を持つ動物。

I found a centipede curled under the garden stone, its dozens of legs twitching as it scuttled away.

庭の石の下でムカデが丸まっているのを見つけ、その何十本もの脚がピクピク動きながら素早く逃げていった。

意味（1）

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.

Centipedes differ from millipedes by having a single pair of legs on each body segment.

centipedes （ plural ）