Centipede (disambiguation)

A centipede is an arthropod belonging to the class Chilopoda.

Centipede may also refer to:

Plants

• Centipede grass, Eremochloa ophiuroides, a lawn grass which looks much similar to Fescue grass
• Centipede plant, Homalocladium platycladum, also called Tapeworm Plant or Ribbon Bush

Music

• Centipede (band), UK jazz/progressive rock big band led by Keith Tippett
• Centipede (album), album by Rebbie Jackson
• "Centipede" (song), song by Rebbie Jackson
• Centipede Hz, album by Animal Collective
• "Centipede", a song on the Rage Valley EP by Knife Party

Games (and related)

• Centipede (video game), 1980 arcade game by Atari
  • Centipede (1998 video game), remake of the original arcade game, also by Atari
  • Ode to a Centipede, song by Buckner & Garcia which interpolated sounds from the video game Centipede, and talked about how to play the game
• Centipede, villain in the computer game American McGee's Alice
• Centipede game, two-player game analyzing self-interest and mutual benefit

Other

• Centipede, character in Roald Dahl's book James and the Giant Peach
• Centipede's Dilemma, short poem which has given its name to the "centipede effect" in psychology
• Baldwin DR-12-8-1500/2, 1940s diesel-electric locomotive by Baldwin Locomotive Works, nicknamed centipede for its 12 axles
• Centipede mathematics, a certain way of doing mathematics
• Sea centipede, a common name given to various sea creatures