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Onychophora

Onychophora Meaning & Definition
Onychophora Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Onychophora?

[n] 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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Onychophora: class Onychophora

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See Also | Arthropoda | class | family Peripatidae | family Peripatopsidae | onychophoran | Peripatidae | Peripatopsidae | peripatus | phylum Arthropoda | velvet worm

Onychophora In Webster's Dictionary

\On`y*choph"o*ra\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ?, ?, a claw + ?.] (Zo["o]l.) Malacopoda.

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