on·y·choph·o·ran 
(ŏn′ĭ-kŏfər-ən)
(ŏn′ĭ-kŏfər-ən)n.
Any of various small wormlike carnivorous animals of the phylum Onychophora, chiefly of moist forests, having a soft cuticle of chitin and pairs of short claw-bearing legs. Also called peripatus, velvet worm.
[From New Latin Onychophora, phylum name : Greek onux, onukh-, nail, claw; see ONYX + Greek -phora, neuter pl. of -phoros, -phore.]
on′y·chopho·ran adj.
- straighten out
- straight face
- straight-faced
- circumscriptive
- circumsolar
- circumspect
- circumspection
- circumspectly
- circumstance
- circumstantial
- circumstantial evidence
- circumstantiality
- circumstantially
- circumstantiate
- circumstantiation
- circumstellar
- circumterrestrial
- circumvallate
- circumvallation
- circumvent
- circumventer
- circumvention
- circumventive
- circumventor
- circumvolution