centipede

centipede
    n 1: 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
    

Centipede \Cen"ti*pede\, n. [L. centipeda; centum a hundred +
   pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. centip[`e]de.] (Zool.)
   A species of the Myriapoda; esp. the large, flattened,
   venomous kinds of the order {Chilopoda}, found in tropical
   climates. they are many-jointed, and have a great number of
   feet. [Formerly also chi`lioi {centiped} (?).]
   [1913 Webster]
    

60 Moby Thesaurus words for "centipede":
      C, Chilopoda, Chordata, Echiuroidea, Ectoprocta, Entoprocta,
      Monoplacophora, Nemertinea, Phoronidea, arachnid, arthropod,
      beetle, bicentenary, bicentennial, bug, caterpillar, cental,
      centare, centenarian, centenary, centennial, centennium, centigram,
      centimeter, centistere, centred, centref, centrev, centumvir,
      centumvirate, centurion, century, chilopod, cwt, daddy longlegs,
      diplopod, fly, gross, harvestman, hecatomb, hexapod, hundred,
      hundredweight, insect, larva, long hundred, maggot, millepede,
      millipede, mite, nymph, one C, scorpion, sesquicentenary,
      sesquicentennial, spider, tarantula, tercentenary, tercentennial,
      tick