Hyphenation of centipede

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word centipede? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

cen-tipede

Definitions of centipede:

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

Synonyms of centipede:

noun	arthropod

Last hyphenations of this language

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