Despite the name, no species of centipede has exactly 100 legs; the number of pairs of legs is an odd number that ranges from 15 pairs to 191 pairs. [1] Less common names include "forty-legs" [2] and "hundred-legs".

centipede, (class Chilopoda), any of various long, flattened, many-segmented predaceous arthropods. Each segment except the hindmost bears one pair of legs. Centipedes generally remain under stones, bark, and ground litter by day. At night they hunt for and capture other small invertebrates.

Members of most centipede orders possess a specialized paired sensory organ, the organ of Tömösváry (also known as temporal or postantennal organs), found at the base of the antennae, one on each side of the head.

centipede — / (AmE /ˈsɛntɪˌpiːd/ – BrE /ˈsɛntɪˌpiːd/)/ — Çok sayıda bacağı olan eklembacaklı canlı. Latince centi- “yüz” ve pes “ayak” kökleri, çoklu bacak yapısını belirtir.

What Is a Centipede? A centipede is an invertebrate predator in the class Chilopoda. A centipede has a long, segmented body with one pair of legs per segment (unlike a millipede, which has two pairs of legs per segment).

Centipede is a classic arcade game by Atari released in 1980. Kill the mutant centipedes, spiders and other enemies to enter the next level.

Scutigera coleoptrata, also known as the house centipede, is a species of centipede that is typically yellowish-gray and has up to 15 pairs of long legs. Originating in the Mediterranean region, it has spread to other parts of the world, where it frequently lives in and around human homes. [1]

Now you can play the classic Centipede in your browser while using your mouse! Fight and defend yourself against scorpions, fleas, spiders, and the giant centipede.

Centipede drops you into a garden that wants you dead. A long centipede winds down through a field of mushrooms, hooking a row lower at every one it touches, and your job is to shoot it apart before it reaches your strip at the bottom of the screen.

Just like the classic arcade game, this free online Centipede® game is simple to learn and get started but difficult to master. The goal of Centipede® is to shoot all of the segments of the centipede that crawls all around the screen by using the Bug Blaster to shoot darts.