onychophora
English Thesaurus
1. enigmatic small elongated wormlike terrestrial invertebrates of damp dark habitats in warm regions; distinct from the phylum Annelida; resemble slugs with legs and are sometimes described as the missing link between arthropods and annelids (noun.animal)
hypernym | : | class, |
definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders (noun.group) |
member holonym | : | onychophoran, peripatus, velvet worm, |
definition | : | any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms (noun.animal) |
member meronym | : | arthropoda, phylum arthropoda, |
definition | : | jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes (noun.animal) |
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