English noun: peripatus | |||
1. | peripatus (animal) any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms | ||
Synonyms | onychophoran, velvet worm | ||
Broader (hypernym) | arthropod | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis | ||
Member meronym | class Onychophora, Onychophora | ||