onychophoran

n.

1.

Any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms; a member of the Onychophora, also called Malacopoda. See Malacopoda.

Noun

1.

onychophoran - any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms Synonyms: peripatus, velvet worm

arthropod, class Onychophora, Onychophora, peripatus, Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis, velvet worm

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