Peripatus
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- onychophoran
- plural
- Peripatuses
- possessive
- Peripatus's
- pluralpossessive
- Peripatuses'