peripatus

/ (pəˈrɪpətəs) /

noun

any of a genus of wormlike arthropods having a segmented body and short unjointed limbs: belonging to the phylum Onychophora

Origin of peripatus

from New Latin, from Greek peripatos a pacing about; see peripatetic

Words Nearby peripatus

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How to use peripatus in a sentence

In this respect also peripatus shews no signs of a primitive condition of the nervous system.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 | Francis Maitland Balfour
The chief feature in which peripatus was supposed to differ from normal Arthropoda and Annelida, viz.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 | Francis Maitland Balfour
A similar groove is found in peripatus, and there forms, as I have found, a large part of the supra-œsophageal ganglia.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 | Francis Maitland Balfour
In outward form, at any rate, these suggest an intermediate position between peripatus and Insects.
Stories of the Universe: Animal Life | B. Lindsay
peripatus, where also the excretory organs, which are true segmental organs, are partly somatic and partly appendicular.
The Origin of Vertebrates | Walter Holbrook Gaskell

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