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
The mamma centipede may have a face like a David Cronenberg nightmare, but she's a devoted parent, curling around the wriggly bits of multi-legged spaghetti she calls her offspring to protect them.
From Salon • May 11, 2025
A young woman has spoken of her shock after finding a venomous centipede in her flat.
From BBC • May 10, 2025
The museum’s website lists Prendini as the curator of its spider, scorpion, centipede and millipede collections.
From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024
The End And just before we both shut up and fell asleep, Cade reached over and poked his index finger into my sternum and said, “A centipede with ninety-six amputations.”
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
Vocabulary lists containing centipede
Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: cent
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cent (hundred), mill (thousand)
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ped, pod (foot)
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