Definitions for onychophoran

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. onychophoran, velvet worm, peripatus(noun)

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

Wiktionary

  1. onychophoran(Noun)

    Any of many wormlike carnivorous animals of the phylum Onychophora


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