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ONYCHOPHORA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Onychophora mean?
• ONYCHOPHORA (noun)
The noun ONYCHOPHORA has 1 sense:
1. enigmatic small elongated wormlike terrestrial invertebrates of damp dark habitats in warm regions; distinct from the phylum Annelida; resemble slugs with legs and are sometimes described as the missing link between arthropods and annelids
Familiarity information: ONYCHOPHORA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Enigmatic small elongated wormlike terrestrial invertebrates of damp dark habitats in warm regions; distinct from the phylum Annelida; resemble slugs with legs and are sometimes described as the missing link between arthropods and annelids
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
class Onychophora; Onychophora
Hypernyms ("Onychophora" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "Onychophora"):
onychophoran; peripatus; velvet worm (any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms)
family Peripatidae; Peripatidae; family Peripatopsidae; Peripatopsidae (a family of Onychophora)
Holonyms ("Onychophora" is a member of...):
Arthropoda; phylum Arthropoda (jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes)
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