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Centipedes

Many-legged arthropods with one pair of legs on each trunk segment.

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    Centipede

    Chilopoda

    Centipedes are many-legged predators.

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  • Centipedes

    Giant Desert Centipede

    Scolopendra heros

    Classification and source reference

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