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Meaning of PERIPATUS

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms
 
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 Synonyms: onychophoran, velvet worm
 
 See Also: arthropod, class Onychophora, Onychophora, Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pe*rip"a*tus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a walking about.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A genus of lowly organized arthropods, found in South Africa,
Australia, and tropical America. It constitutes the order
Malacopoda.
 

 

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