Word: centipedes
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: cen
ti
pedes
Definition: Plural of centipede; 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
Morphemes:
Affix: centipede
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: centi-
Language: la
Decoded: centi-
Meaning: hundred
Affix: pes
Language: la
Decoded: pes
Meaning: foot
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).