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CLASS ONYCHOPHORA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Enigmatic 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
Synonyms:
class Onychophora; Onychophora
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("class Onychophora" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "class Onychophora"):
onychophoran; peripatus; velvet worm (any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms)
family Peripatidae; Peripatidae; family Peripatopsidae; Peripatopsidae (a family of Onychophora)
Holonyms ("class Onychophora" is a member of...):
Arthropoda; phylum Arthropoda (jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes)
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