About The Word Peripatus
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Peripatus
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What's The Definition Of Peripatus?
[n] any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms
Synonyms | Synonyms for Peripatus: onychophoran | velvet worm Related Terms | Find terms related to Peripatus: See Also | arthropod | class Onychophora | Onychophora | Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis Peripatus In Webster's Dictionary \Pe*rip"a*tus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a walking about.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A genus of lowly organized arthropods, found in South Africa,
Australia, and tropical America. It constitutes the order
Malacopoda.
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