名詞 centipede:

1. chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs the foremost being modified into poison fangs

1. Instinctively, he pushed off the centipede.
   本能地，他拂去那一只蜈蚣。

cen.ti.pede

n.（名詞）
Any of various wormlike arthropods of the class Chilopoda, having a flattened body composed of segments, each bearing a pair of jointed appendages. The appendages of the foremost body segment are modified into venomous biting organs with which it preys on insects, such as cockroaches.
百腳：唇足亞綱蟲(chóng)狀節(jié)肢動(dòng)物的一類，其扁平身體有由許多節(jié)構(gòu)成，每一節(jié)都有一對(duì)相連的附足。身體最前面一節(jié)的附足演化成了有毒腺的嚙咬器官， 用于捕食如蟑螂等昆蟲(chóng)

來(lái)源：
Latin centipeda
拉丁語(yǔ) centipeda
centi- [centi-]
centi- [百分之一]
pôs ped- [foot] * see -ped
pôs ped- [足] *參見(jiàn) -ped