centipede(n = noun.animal) - 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;
is a kind of arthropod
is a member of chilopoda, class chilopoda
has particulars: house centipede, scutigera coleoptrata

   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. [1913 Webster]

centipede, n. any arthropod of the class Chilopoda, with a wormlike body of many segments each with a pair of legs.

Etymology:
F centip{egrave}de or L centipeda f. centum hundred + pes pedis foot

garden centipede, house centipede