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Onychophoran

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

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synonym
peripatusvelvet worm
plural
Onychophorans
possessive
Onychophoran's
pluralpossessive
Onychophorans'

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

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