Does a centipede have 100 legs or feet?

Answer 1

No. They don't have exactly 100 legs. It depends on the species; centipedes can have up to 15 pairs of legs to a 180. Because they're called 'centipedes' doesn't mean that they have to have 100 legs. It's the same with millipedes, they can have up to 200 pairs.

Answer 2

No, although 'centi' means 100, no species have been found with that many legs, all centipedes have one pair of legs for each body segment, the largest is the Geophilomorpha with 29 segments or 58 legs.

Answer 3

Centipedes Can Have 100 LegsThe centipede is named by the number of legs it possesses. If you ever forget and ask yourself "how many legs does a centipede have?" just look at the prefix on the name. 'Cent' translates to mean 100 and there is your answer.

Although some species of centipede do indeed have 100 legs it can vary from less than 100 to 200. Therefore it is more correct to say that a centipede can have 100 legs rather than it does have this many.

Answer 4

Yes, some do. Hatchlings have fewer legs than adults of the same species and some species have more legs than other species. Instead of counting all their legs, count the number of legs per body segment. A centipede will have a pair of legs on each segment.

Answer 5

The amount of legs a centipede has varies on the species. They have from 30 to 350 legs

Answer 6

A centipede can have more then 100 legs.

Answer 7

No, they don't.