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Neither. Despite the name "milli", which means "1000", there are no known millipedes with this many legs.
Similarly, although "cent" means 100, centipedes do not have 100 legs. They vary from 20-300+ pairs.
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A creature with 100 legs is a?
A creature can have any amount of legs, but this creature has one hundred legs. The name of this unusual and common creature is a centipede. The name 'centipede' is a strange name for such a tiny element of nature. If you can find a centipedethe you can try to catch it and study it and figure out why and how it got its name and other biography about the centipede.
Do millipedes have over 100 legs?
Millipedes actually do NOT have over 1000 legs (milli = thousand). The word comes from Latin roots mille ("thousand") and pes ("foot"). Millipedes just appear to have a 'thousand' legs. Common millipedes only have 36 to 400 legs. A rare variety has up to 700 legs.
Difference between millipedes and earthworms?
Millepedes have legs and earthworms don't.
How often should you feed your pet centipede?
You should feed your centipede one cricket a week.
What is arthropod segment?
Arthropods are a category of invertebrate characterized by chitinous exoskeletons and segmented bodies; the three types are insects, arachnids, and crustaceans. Bodies of arthropods typically come in three sections, the head, the thorax, and the abdomen. Each of these is a segment. But some species, such as a centipede or a millipede, have more segments.
Which has more legs a centipede or a milipede?
millipede
Worm like animal with many pairs of legs?
Centipede or Millipede
How many legs does a centepede have?
A centipede can have up to 124 tiny legs, but a centipede is not the creature with the most legs . . . the millipede is.
What insect looks like a worm with lots of legs?
centipede or caterpillar
What is an antonym for centipede?
Since millipede is a noun, the only opposite for millipede is "not millipede". Since a millipede has a maximum number of "legs" an antonym might be "snake" with no legs.
How many legs do millipede and centipede have?
centipedes- 700-950 legs millipedes- 350,000-700,000 legs
What is a creature that has hundred feet?
No insect has 100 legs. All insects have 6 legs. However; centipedes, which are also known as arthropods, can have between 30 and 300 legs, hence the name centi (meaning 100) pede. (But they are not insects.)
What has more legs a centipede or a millipede?
A millipede has more legs.Milli is for thousands centi is for hundreds.The centipede,despite what its name indicates,actually doesn't have a hundred legs.It has two legs per body segiment so its always under or over the hundred legs mark.
What is an insect that looks like a caterpillar with 30 or more legs?
The centipede and the millipede are common insects that may look like a caterpillar with 30 or more legs.
What are 2 bugs that have more legs than a spider?
A centipede and a millipede.
Which has more legsa centipede or amillipede?
Millipede Centipede: 30-40 legs Millipede Common species have 36-400 (Some rare species have around 700)
Where are a millipede's legs located?
It has two pairs of legs on each segment. A centipede has one pair for each segment.
