velvet worm 
any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms • Syn: onychophoran, peripatus • Hypernyms: arthropod • Hyponyms: Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis • Member Holonyms: Onychophora, class Onychophora
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