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]