Scutigera


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Noun1.Scutigera - a genus of ScutigeridaeScutigera - a genus of Scutigeridae    
arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods
family Scutigeridae, Scutigeridae - a family of Chilopoda
house centipede, Scutigera coleoptrata - long-legged centipede common in damp places as e.g. cellars
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With the exception of a few species in the far southern United States (U.S.A.), the only centipede in the order Scutigeromorpha found throughout North America is Scutigera coleoptera (L.) (Scutigeridae), the "house centipede" (Mercurio, 2010).