قرق آیاق

Ottoman Turkish

From قرق (kırk, “forty; a lot”) + آیاق (ayak, “foot”).

قرق آیاق • (kırk ayak)

centipede, any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total
Synonym: صدپا (sedpâ)
millipede, any arthropod of class Diplopoda, with cylindrical bodies that have two pairs of legs for each one of their 20 to 100 or more body segments

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