Hyphenation of centipedes

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word centipedes? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

cen-tipedes

Definitions of centipedes:

1.	Chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors

Last hyphenations of this language

all-perfection hemalbumen readvertise ilio- paleopedology Salmagundi stipate reexpressed all-healing polyphyodont styrax unhallows ungaro tornachile prolamine montebrasite placochromatic yellow-centered stionic

Hyphenator

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