单词 | house centipede |
释义 | house centipede (extremely rare) n WORD FAMILY house centipede USAGE EXAMPLESThe showy statistic is for the house centipede—Scutigera coleoptrata—timed running at 42 centimeters per second. Slate(Jul 18, 2011) They're the top predator in their environment of leaf litter, earth, rotting logs, and, in the case of the house centipede, damp basements and drains. Slate(Jul 18, 2011) n long-legged centipede common in damp places as e.g. cellars Syn|Hyper Scutigera coleoptrata centipede chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors |
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