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]