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peripatus
/ pəˈrɪpətəs /
noun
- any of a genus of wormlike arthropods having a segmented body and short unjointed limbs: belonging to the phylum Onychophora
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Word History and Origins
Origin of peripatus1
from New Latin, from Greek peripatos a pacing about; see peripatetic
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Example Sentences
In this respect also Peripatus shews no signs of a primitive condition of the nervous system.
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The chief feature in which Peripatus was supposed to differ from normal Arthropoda and Annelida, viz.
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A similar groove is found in Peripatus, and there forms, as I have found, a large part of the supra-œsophageal ganglia.
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In outward form, at any rate, these suggest an intermediate position between Peripatus and Insects.
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Peripatus, where also the excretory organs, which are true segmental organs, are partly somatic and partly appendicular.
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