Earwig vs. Centipede — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Earwig and Centipede
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Earwig
Earwigs make up the insect order Dermaptera. With about 2,000 species in 12 families, they are one of the smaller insect orders.
Centipede
Centipedes (from the New Latin prefix centi-, "hundred", and the Latin word pes, pedis, "foot") are predatory arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda (Ancient Greek χεῖλος, kheilos, lip, and New Latin suffix -poda, "foot", describing the forcipules) of the subphylum Myriapoda, an arthropod group which also includes millipedes and other multi-legged creatures. Centipedes are elongated metameric creatures with one pair of legs per body segment.
Earwig
Any of various elongate insects of the order Dermaptera, having a pair of usually pincerlike appendages protruding from the rear of the abdomen. Also called dermapteran.
Centipede
Any of various predatory arthropods of the class Chilopoda, having a long flattened body composed of segments, each bearing a pair of jointed appendages. The appendages of the foremost body segment are modified into venomous claws. Also called chilopod.
Earwig
To attempt to influence by persistent confidential argument or talk.
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Centipede
Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.
Earwig
Any of various insects of the order Dermaptera that have elongated bodies, large membranous wings folded underneath short leathery forewings and a pair of large pincers protruding from the rear of the abdomen.
Centipede
A species of the Myriapoda; esp. the large, flattened, venomous kinds of the order Chilopoda, found in tropical climates. they are many-jointed, and have a great number of feet.
Earwig
One who whispers insinuations; a secret counsellor.
Centipede
Chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs the foremost being modified into poison fangs
Earwig
A flatterer.
Earwig
(transitive) To fill the mind of with prejudice by insinuations.
Earwig
(transitive) To attempt to influence by persistent confidential argument or talk.
Earwig
To eavesdrop.
Earwig
To eavesdrop on.
Earwig
Any insect of the genus Forficula and related genera, belonging to the order Dermaptera (formerly Euplexoptera). They have elongated bodies and a prominent pair of curved pincers at the rear of their abdomen.
Earwig
In America, any small chilopodous myriapod, esp. of the genus Geophilus. See Geophilus
Earwig
A whisperer of insinuations; a secret counselor.
Earwig
To influence, or attempt to influence, by whispered insinuations or private talk.
Earwig
Any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen
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