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scolopen·dra

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Wiktionary

  1. scolopendranoun

    A mythical sea-creature, reputed to be able to disgorge its bowels to dislodge any fishing-hook.

  2. scolopendranoun

    A centipede or millipede.

  3. Etymology: From scolopendra, from σκολόπενδρα.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Scolopendranoun

    Etymology: scolopendre, French; σϰολόπενδϱα.

Wikipedia

  1. Scolopendra

    Scolopendra (through Latin from Greek σκολόπενδρα, skolopendra) is a species-rich genus of large tropical centipedes of the family Scolopendridae.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Scolopendranoun

    a genus of venomous myriapods including the centipeds. See Centiped

  2. Scolopendranoun

    a sea fish

  3. Etymology: [L., a kind of multiped, fr. Gr. .]

Wikidata

  1. Scolopendra

    Scolopendra is a genus of centipedes of the family Scolopendridae.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Scolopendra

    skol-ō-pen′dra, n. a genus of Myriapoda, having a long, slender, depressed body, protected by coriaceous plates, and having at least twenty-one pairs of legs: (Spens.) an imaginary fish or sea-monster.—adj. Scolopen′driform, Scolopen′drine.—n. Scolopen′drium, a genus of asplenioid ferns, generally called Hart's-tongue. [L.,—Gr. skolopendra, a milliped.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of scolopendra in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of scolopendra in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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