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[+] -13 points 2 years ago (12 children)

You have them backwards. Centipedes are the ones with more legs

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    it's extremely obvious that you're incorrect if you simply look at the words, "centi" means "hundred" and is smaller than "milli" which means "thousand".

    centipedes look like they have a hundred legs, millipedes look like they have a thousand legs.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

    "Centipede" means 100 feet.

    "Millipede" means 1000 feet.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Pede means feet. So does the pie in piedmont.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    You're right, I meant feet. Fixed!

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Phew because essentially* I was like


    * essentially in no way whatsoever

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