centipeda

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

centĭpĕda or centŭpĕda, ae, f. [centum-pes],

a centipede , a worm , called also millepeda or multipeda, Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 136; 30, 6, 16, § 47; Arn. 2, p. 79 (in Isid. Orig. 12, 4, 33, centupeda).