| NOUN | animal | peripatus, onychophoran, velvet worm | any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests / forests having characteristics / characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms |
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| Meaning | Any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests / forests having characteristics / characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms. | |
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| Synonyms | onychophoran, velvet worm | |
| Member of | Onychophora, class Onychophora | enigmatic small elongated wormlike terrestrial / terrestrial invertebrates of damp dark habitats in warm regions |
| Narrower | Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis | A kind of onychophoran |
| Broader | arthropod | invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin |
| Spanish | onicóforo, onychophoran, peripatus | |
| Catalan | onicòfor, onychophoran, peripatus | |
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