Definition of Scutigera coleoptrata

1. Noun. Long-legged centipede common in damp places as e.g. cellars.

Exact synonyms: House Centipede
Generic synonyms: Centipede
Group relationships: Genus Scutigera, Scutigera

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scutigera Coleoptrata

Scrophulariales
Scrum
Scudamore
Sculptor
Scultetus
Scultetus' bandage
Scultetus' position
Scunner
Scunners
Scutellaria
Scutellaria lateriflora
Scutigera
Scutigera coleoptrata
Scutigerella
Scutigerella immaculata
Scutigeridae
Scutum
Scyliorhinidae
Scylla
Scyphozoa
Scyth
Scythia
Scythian
Scythian lamb
Scythians
Scyths
Scáthach

Literary usage of Scutigera coleoptrata

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1886)
"(5) Note on a peculiar sense organ in scutigera coleoptrata, one of the Myriapoda. By FG HEATHCOTE, BA, Trin. Coll., Cambridge. The organ is situated on the ..."

2. Studies from the Morphological Laboratory in the University of Cambridge by University of Cambridge Morphological laboratory, Adam Sedgwick, Francis Maitland Balfour (1886)
"DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XX, Illustrating Mr. FG Heathcote's Paper " On a Peculiar Sense Organ in scutigera coleoptrata, one of the Myria* poda. ..."

3. Chinese Central Asia: A Ride to Little Tibet by Henry Lansdell (1894)
"scutigera coleoptrata .... Samarkand, 28.4.88 LEPIDOPTERA (Butterflies and Moths). I AM indebted for the following list (in which arc included the specimens ..."

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