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Peripatus Moderate

Peripatus has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

Any onychophoran of the genus Peripatus

See Also
onychophoran
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
arthropod
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis
Rhyming Words
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