centipede

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Since replacing windows can cost enough arms and legs to make a human centipede, it’s worth looking into adding interior insulating layers to your existing windows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Machado notes that in arthropods, a group that includes the centipede, maternal care is associated with rough conditions.

From Salon • May 11, 2025

The museum’s website lists Prendini as the curator of its spider, scorpion, centipede and millipede collections.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024

It was a centipede, which is venomous, she and other evacuees in the shelter told me.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2023

The winged centipede spiraled out the door above the other scrambling creatures.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull