scolopendrineadj.
/skɒləʊˈpɛndrɪn/ Resembling or related to the centipedes. Also figurative. scolopendrine scale-back n. a polychætous marine annelid of the genus Polynoë, as P. scolopendrina; a kind of sea-centipede.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [noun] > class Chaetopoda > order Polychaeta > suborder Nereidiformia > family Aphroditidae > member of genus Polynoe
sea-caterpillara1843
scolopendrine scale-back1882
polynoid1889
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Myriapoda > [adjective] > of nature of Chilopoda > relating to or resembling centipedes
scolopendroid1839
scolopendrine1963
1882 Cassell's Nat. Hist. VI. 230 This Scolopendrine Scale-back [Polynoe scolopendrina] is four inches in length.
1963 V. Nabokov Gift iv. 257 He left a scolopendrine trace in literature as the translator of foreign poets.
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