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Definition of Scutigera coleoptrata
1. Noun. Long-legged centipede common in damp places as e.g. cellars.
Generic synonyms: Centipede
Group relationships: Genus Scutigera, Scutigera
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scutigera Coleoptrata
Literary usage of Scutigera coleoptrata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1886)
"(5) Note on a peculiar sense organ in scutigera coleoptrata, one of the Myriapoda.
By FG HEATHCOTE, BA, Trin. Coll., Cambridge. The organ is situated on the ..."
2. Studies from the Morphological Laboratory in the University of Cambridge by University of Cambridge Morphological laboratory, Adam Sedgwick, Francis Maitland Balfour (1886)
"DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XX, Illustrating Mr. FG Heathcote's Paper " On a Peculiar
Sense Organ in scutigera coleoptrata, one of the Myria* poda. ..."
3. Chinese Central Asia: A Ride to Little Tibet by Henry Lansdell (1894)
"scutigera coleoptrata .... Samarkand, 28.4.88 LEPIDOPTERA (Butterflies and Moths).
I AM indebted for the following list (in which arc included the specimens ..."