scolopendra
noun
scol·o·pen·dra ˌskä-lə-ˈpen-drə 
: centipede
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin, a genus of tropical centipedes, going back to Latin, "a kind of venomous centipede," borrowed from Greek skolópendra "millipede," probably of pre-Greek substratal origin
Note: The genus was initiated by linnaeus in Systema naturae, tenth edition (Stockholm, 1758), tomus I, p. 637.
First Known Use
1608, in the meaning defined above