scolopendra
noun
scolopendra is a noun meaning “A centipede of the genus Scolopendra” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-C-O-L-O-P-E-N-D-R-A, and it appears about once in every 74 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of scolopendra is scolopendras.
What does scolopendra mean?
noun
- 1
obsoleteA mythical sea-creature, reputed to be able to disgorge its bowels to dislodge any fishing-hook.
- 2
A centipede of the genus Scolopendra.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of scolopendra
- scolopendras plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is scolopendra?
Scolopendra appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does scolopendra come from?
From Latin scolopendra, from Ancient Greek σκολόπενδρα (skolópendra).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).