Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scolopendra \Scol`o*pen"dra\, n. [L., a kind of multiped, fr.
   Gr. ?.]
   1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of venomous myriapods including the
      centipeds. See {Centiped}.

   2. A sea fish. [R.] --Spenser.