sea centipede en · NOUN
Meanings
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Any of various polychete worms.
Anemones with crimson centres waved their velvet tentacles at him, a colony of black sea-eggs moved their toledo-steel spines in sudden alarm and a hairy sea-centipede halted in its hundred strides and questioned with its eyeless head.
1954, Ian Fleming, “Beau Desert”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 202:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sea-centipede | alternative | lexicographic | |
| sea centipedes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
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