Found 2 items, similar to Peripatus.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: peripatus
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
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Peripatus
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.
[1913 Webster]