a kind of articulate worm of Chilopoda class, having an elongated, flattened body composed of from 15 to 173 segments, each with a pair of legs, and which rolls itself firmly up into a coil when touched.
a utensil with a mesh or perforations through which finer particles of a mixture of various sizes may be passed to separate them from coarser ones; a sieve; a sifter.