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nounenigmatic 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
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Definition that contains onychophora
- family peripatopsidae a family of Onychophora
- peripatopsidae a family of Onychophora
- genus peripatopsis type genus of Peripatopsidae; onychophorans of chiefly Asiatic and African tropical regions
- peripatopsis type genus of Peripatopsidae; onychophorans of chiefly Asiatic and African tropical regions
- genus peripatus type genus of Peripatidae; onychophorans of chiefly New World tropical regions
- plicatoperipatus jamaicensis a kind of onychophoran
- family peripatidae a family of Onychophora
- peripatidae a family of Onychophora