scol|o|pen|drid

scol|o|pen|drid «_SKOL uh PEHN drihd», noun, adjective.

–n.

any one of a group of chilopods including many large and poisonous centipedes.

–adj.

of or belonging to this group.

╂[< New Latin Scolopendridae the centipede family < Latin scolopendra a kind of multiped < Greek skolópendra]