hundred-legs

English

Etymology

A calque of Latin centipēs.

Noun

hundred-legs (plural hundred-legs)

  1. (archaic) A centipede.
    • The Month: An Illustrated Magazine of Literature, Science and Art (volume 13, page 148)
      Serial homology is most strikingly manifested in such a creature as the hundred-legs, or centipede.
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