Onychophoran

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  onychophoran \onychophoran\ n.
     Any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals
     common in tropical forests having characteristics of both
     arthropods and annelid worms; a member of the Onychophora,
     also called Malacopoda. See {Malacopoda}.
  


     Syn: velvet worm, peripatus.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  onychophoran
       n : any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals
           common in tropical forests having characteristics of both
           arthropods and annelid worms [syn: {velvet worm}, {peripatus}]