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English noun: Onychophora

1. Onychophora (animal) enigmatic small elongated wormlike terrestrial invertebrates of damp dark habitats in warm regions; distinct from the phylum Annelida; resemble slugs with legs and are sometimes described as the missing link between arthropods and annelids


Synonymsclass Onychophora


Broader (hypernym)class


Member holonymfamily Peripatidae, family Peripatopsidae, onychophoran, Peripatidae, Peripatopsidae, peripatus, velvet worm


Member meronymArthropoda, phylum Arthropoda









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