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    PERIPATIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A family of Onychophoraplay

    Synonyms:

    family Peripatidae; Peripatidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Peripatidae" is a kind of...):

    arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

    Meronyms (members of "Peripatidae"):

    genus Peripatus (type genus of Peripatidae; onychophorans of chiefly New World tropical regions)

    genus Plicatoperipatus; Plicatoperipatus (a genus of Peripatidae)

    Holonyms ("Peripatidae" is a member of...):

    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)

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