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FAMILY PERIPATIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of Onychophora
Synonyms:
family Peripatidae; Peripatidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Peripatidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Peripatidae"):
genus Peripatus (type genus of Peripatidae; onychophorans of chiefly New World tropical regions)
genus Plicatoperipatus; Plicatoperipatus (a genus of Peripatidae)
Holonyms ("family Peripatidae" is a member of...):
class Onychophora; Onychophora (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)
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