Centipede
Centipede noun - Chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors.
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Spider
Spider noun - Predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey.
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Centipede and spider are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Centipede" instead a noun "Spider".
Nearby Words: spidery, spidering, spidered
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Carnivore Confusion: There's a bit of a disconnect with a spider and a centipede being amongst the other invertebrates.
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The real mystery are the other drones, such as Kris-T for moth, R-Nej for centipede (carnage?), Nhyte-R for spider, and whatever the Roach and Dragonfly was called has names that didn't make sense.
Source: Punny Name - Big Creepy-Crawlies: The spirax, a species of cow-sized insects that look like a mix between a spider, a centipede, and a praying mantis and spin toxic webs to ensnare their prey.
Source: Literature / The Dark Sea Annals
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