Lithobius

noun

Li·​tho·​bi·​us

lə̇ˈthōbēəs

: a large nearly cosmopolitan genus (the type of the family Lithobiidae) of centipedes having the body composed of nine long and six short segments and living usually under stones or logs

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from lith- + Greek bios life

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