pe·rip·a·tus (p -r p -ts)n. See onychophoran. [New Latin Peripatus, genus name, from Greek peripatos, walking about, from peripatein, to walk about; see peripatetic.] |
peripatus [pəˈrɪpətəs]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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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| Noun | 1. |  peripatus - any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid wormsarthropod - invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin class 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 annelids Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis - a kind of onychophoran |
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