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