Giant centipede (giant centipede) - Giant centipede (English spelling)

Japanese: オオムカデ(巨蜈蚣) - オオムカデ(英語表記)centipede
Giant centipede (giant centipede) - Giant centipede (English spelling)
A general term for arthropods belonging to the order Scolopendromorpha of the class Chilopoda, but more commonly refers to the family Scolopendridae. The family Scolopendridae includes the giant giant centipede (found widely in tropical regions around the world), which can reach a body length of up to 35 cm, and is so named because many of the centipedes are large. They have 21 pairs of legs and four simple eyes on each side of their head. The mandibles of their mouthparts contain venom glands, and they prey on insects, spiders, and sometimes small animals such as frogs.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
唇脚綱オオムカデ目Scolopendromorphaに属する節足動物の総称であるが,ふつうにはオオムカデ科Scolopendridaeのものを指すことが多い。オオムカデ科は体長35cmにも達するオニオオムカデ(世界の熱帯地方に広く産する)を含み,大型のものが多いのでこの名がある。歩肢21対で頭には左右に4個ずつの単眼がある。口器の顎肢には毒腺があり,昆虫,クモ,ときにはカエルなどの小動物を捕食する。

出典 株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について 情報

<<:  Barley - Hordeum vulgare; barley

>>:  Omiwa no Morime - Omiwa no Morime

Recommend

Aeqilops speltoides (English spelling) Aeqilopsspeltoides

… [origin] The botanical origins of the four whea...

Cholodny, N.

…F.W. Wendt showed that when auxin formed at the ...

Groningen Gas Field - Groningen Gas Field (English name) Groningen

A gas field located on the coast of the North Sea,...

Tenmei Kyoka

Kyoka poetry centered on the late Edo Tenmei perio...

Oru method - Oru-ho

...Due to a strong tendency for centralization an...

Trockenmontagebau

...Many of the steel-framed buildings that follow...

Tiger shark - Scyliorhinus torazame

A marine fish of the family Scyllidae in the order...

Funase

During the Ritsuryo period, this meant a place whe...

Cross

…It is an outdoor sport in which players compete ...

Casuarina equisetifolia (English spelling)

… [Okamoto Motoji]. … *Some of the terminology th...

Triton

The development code name for the 430FX, a chipset...

privilege

...This was accepted, and publishers were given t...

Kawagoi - Kawagoi

A type of carp that is cultivated, this is the Ka...

Governor of the River Channel (English: he-dao-zong-du; ho-tao-tsung-tu)

During the Ming and Qing dynasties in China, the h...

Koide Ichijuro - Koide Ichijuro

A Nagauta singer. There are three generations (som...