Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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peripatus | Yes | No | No | No |
Onychophora | Yes | No | No | No |
peripatus (noun) | Onychophora (noun) |
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any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms | 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 |