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[syn: onychophoran, velvet worm, peripatus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
onychophoran \onychophoran\ n.
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.
Syn: velvet worm, peripatus.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
onychophoran
n 1: any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous
animals common in tropical forests having characteristics
of both arthropods and annelid worms [syn: onychophoran,
velvet worm, peripatus]