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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


Synonymsonychophoran, velvet worm


Broader (hypernym)arthropod


Narrower (hyponym)Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis


Member meronymclass Onychophora, Onychophora









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