Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

centipede-eater

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English

Syllables
cen-tipede-eater
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various snakes, of the genus Aparallactus, native to Africa.

Inflected Forms

Phrases

black centipede-eater Cape centipede-eater) Jackson's centipede-eater lined centipede-eater Malindi centipede-eater Mozambique centipede-eater reticulated centipede-eater Usambara centipede-eater

Questions

What does centipede-eater mean?
Any of various snakes, of the genus Aparallactus, native to Africa.

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