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[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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PERIPATUS is a 9 letter word that starts with P. |
| | Synonyms: | | onychophoran, velvet worm |
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| | See Also: | | arthropod, class Onychophora, Onychophora, Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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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