centipede
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Since replacing windows can cost enough arms and legs to make a human centipede, it’s worth looking into adding interior insulating layers to your existing windows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
The mamma centipede may have a face like a David Cronenberg nightmare, but she's a devoted parent, curling around the wriggly bits of multi-legged spaghetti she calls her offspring to protect them.
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
And despite having an elaborate, curling centipede inked on his face and neck, he’s crestfallen that Bailey would let a friend cut off her locks before the big day.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2024
Similarly, the legs of a centipede move in canon with illusory waves sweeping along its entire length.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2023
The chicken made straight for the bed, and Seth tossed his other handful of salt in a wide arc to cover their retreat, scalding the flying centipede in the process.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
The researchers examined arthropods, the enormous group of animals that includes insects, spiders, crabs and centipedes.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
For their respective babies, naked mole rats, vultures, centipedes and aye-ayes are as beautiful as any mom is, really, in the eyes of her child.
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
"From what I've learned, house centipedes are harmless and actually beneficial because they prey on other household pests," she said.
From BBC ● May 10, 2025
Snakes make up most of the images, but human figures, centipedes, alligators, other animals, and geometric motifs also appear.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 3, 2024
I’d never noticed before, but it had tiny legs that grew from it like a centipedes.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: cent
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