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Peripatus

Peripatus Meaning & Definition
Peripatus Definition And Meaning

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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