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peripatus |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Malacopoda \Mal`a*cop"o*da\, n. pl [NL., fr Gr ? soft + -poda.] (Zo["o]l.) A class of air-breathing Arthropoda; -- called also {Protracheata}, and {Onychophora}. Note: They somewhat resemble myriapods, and have from seventeen to thirty-three pairs of short, imperfectly jointed legs, two pairs of simple jaws, and a pair of antenn[ae]. The tranche[ae] are connected with numerous spiracles scattered over the surface of the body. {Peripatus} is the only known genus. See {Peripatus}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Peripatus \Pe*rip"a*tus\, n. [NL., fr Gr ? a walking about.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of lowly organized arthropods, found in South Africa, Australia, and tropical America. It constitutes the order Malacopoda. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: peripatus n : any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms [syn: {onychophoran}, {velvet worm}]
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