cen·ti·pede 
(sĕntə-pēd′)
(sĕntə-pēd′)n.
Any of various predatory arthropods of the class Chilopoda, having a long flattened body composed of segments, each bearing a pair of jointed appendages. The appendages of the foremost body segment are modified into venomous claws. Also called chilopod.
[Latin centipeda : centi-, centi- + pēs, ped-, foot; see -PED.]