peripatus

pe·rip·a·tus

P0195550 (pə-rĭp′ə-təs)n. See onychophoran.

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[New Latin Peripatus, genus name, from Greek peripatos, walking about, from peripatein, to walk about; see peripatetic.]

peripatus

(pəˈrɪpətəs) n (Animals) any of a genus of wormlike arthropods having a segmented body and short unjointed limbs: belonging to the phylum Onychophora[from New Latin, from Greek peripatos a pacing about; see peripatetic]

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peripatus - any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid wormsonychophoran, velvet wormarthropod - invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitinclass Onychophora, Onychophora - 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 annelidsPlicatoperipatus jamaicensis - a kind of onychophoran