"forty leg" meaning in Jamaican Creole

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɑːtɪ ˌlɛɡ/ Audio: Jam-forty leg.oga Forms: forty leg dem [plural], forty leg [quantified]
Etymology: Some centipedes literally appear to have forty legs. Compare Hindi चालीसपद (cālīspad), Turkish kırkayak. Etymology templates: {{nc|hi|चालीसपद}} Hindi चालीसपद (cālīspad), {{nc|tr|kırkayak}} Turkish kırkayak Head templates: {{head|jam|nouns|10=|head=forty leg}} forty leg, {{jam-noun}} forty leg (plural forty leg dem, quantified forty leg)
  1. A centipede. A segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda. Categories (lifeform): Animals, Arthropods, Lifeforms, Myriapods Synonyms: forty-leg

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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