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    PERIPATUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid wormsplay

    Synonyms:

    onychophoran; peripatus; velvet worm

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    Nouns denoting animals

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

    arthropod (invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "peripatus"):

    Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis (a kind of onychophoran)

    Holonyms ("peripatus" 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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