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GENUS PERIPATUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Peripatus mean?
• GENUS PERIPATUS (noun)
The noun GENUS PERIPATUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of Peripatidae; onychophorans of chiefly New World tropical regions
Familiarity information: GENUS PERIPATUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of Peripatidae; onychophorans of chiefly New World tropical regions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Peripatus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Holonyms ("genus Peripatus" is a member of...):
family Peripatidae; Peripatidae (a family of Onychophora)
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