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Onychophora
(gcide) | Onychophora \On`y*choph"o*ra\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ?, ?, a
claw + ?.] (Zool.)
Malacopoda.
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Onychophora
(gcide) | Malacopoda \Mal`a*cop"o*da\, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. malako`s
soft + -poda.] (Zool.)
A class of air-breathing Arthropoda; -- called also
Protracheata, and Onychophora.
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Note: They somewhat resemble myriapods, and have from
seventeen to thirty-three pairs of short, imperfectly
jointed legs, two pairs of simple jaws, and a pair of
antennae. The trancheae are connected with numerous
spiracles scattered over the surface of the body.
Peripatus is the only known genus. See Peripatus.
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onychophora
(wn) | Onychophora
n 1: 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 [syn: Onychophora, {class
Onychophora}] |
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class onychophora
(encz) | class Onychophora, n: |
onychophoran
(encz) | onychophoran, n: |
onychophoran
(gcide) | 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.
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class onychophora
(wn) | class Onychophora
n 1: 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 [syn: Onychophora, {class
Onychophora}] |
onychophora
(wn) | Onychophora
n 1: 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 [syn: Onychophora, {class
Onychophora}] |
onychophoran
(wn) | 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] |
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