Though the name centipede means 100 feet (or legs), no centipede species has exactly 100 leg (which would be 50 pairs of legs). Depending on the species, centipedes have do have an odd number of pairs (as Red said) between 15 and 177 pairs with an average of about 35 pairs.
Though the name centipede means 100 feet (or legs), no centipede species has exactly 100 leg (which would be 50 pairs of legs). Depending on the species, centipedes have do have an odd number of pairs (as Red said) between 15 and 177 pairs with an average of about 35 pairs.