Peripatus
World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| any of a genus of wormlike arthropods having a segmented body and short unjointed limbs: belonging to the phylum Onychophora | |
| [from New Latin, from Greek peripatos a pacing about; see | |
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| peripatus | |
noun | |
| any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms [syn: onychophoran] |
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