onychophoran

Definitions of onychophoran
  1. noun
    any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms
    synonyms: peripatus, velvet worm
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    types:
    Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis
    a kind of onychophoran
    type of:
    arthropod
    invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
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