[ˏɔni'kɔfәrәn]
n.
[昆]栉蚕

[ noun ]
any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms
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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.
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