Definition of "onychophoran" []

Any of numerous wormlike carnivorous animals of the phylum Onychophora, common in tropical and temperate forest regions and having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms. Also called peripatus, velvet worm. (noun)

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Use "onychophoran" in a sentence

"He doesn't know what you mean by arthropod, let alone onychophoran."

Words like "onychophoran"

arthropod malacopoda

peripatus plicatoperipatus jamaicensis

velvet worm