SCUTIGERA COLEOPTRATA
Dictionary entry overview: What does Scutigera coleoptrata mean? • SCUTIGERA COLEOPTRATA (noun)
The noun SCUTIGERA COLEOPTRATA has 1 sense:
1. long-legged centipede common in damp places as e.g. cellars
Familiarity information: SCUTIGERA COLEOPTRATA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SCUTIGERA COLEOPTRATA (noun)
Meaning:
Long-legged centipede common in damp places as e.g. cellars
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
house centipede; Scutigera coleoptrata
Hypernyms ("Scutigera coleoptrata" is a kind of...):
centipede (chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs the foremost being modified into poison fangs)
Holonyms ("Scutigera coleoptrata" is a member of...):
genus Scutigera; Scutigera (a genus of Scutigeridae)
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