peripatus Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms
onychophoran; velvet worm.
WordNet
Pe*rip"a*tus noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. a walking about.Definitions
(Zoöl.) A genus of lowly organized arthropods, found in South Africa, Australia, and tropical America. It constitutes the order Malacopoda.