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PERIPATOPSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Peripatopsis mean?
• PERIPATOPSIS (noun)
The noun PERIPATOPSIS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of Peripatopsidae; onychophorans of chiefly Asiatic and African tropical regions
Familiarity information: PERIPATOPSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of Peripatopsidae; onychophorans of chiefly Asiatic and African tropical regions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Peripatopsis; Peripatopsis
Hypernyms ("Peripatopsis" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Holonyms ("Peripatopsis" is a member of...):
family Peripatopsidae; Peripatopsidae (a family of Onychophora)
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