centipede bite /sen″təpēd/ [L, centum, hundred, pes, foot] , a wound produced by the poison claws and the first body segment of a centipede, an elongate arthropod with many pairs of legs. The bite of a few species, including Scolopendra morsitans in the southern United States, may cause painful local inflammation, fever, headache, vomiting, and dizziness.
