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PERIPATOPSIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of Onychophora
Synonyms:
family Peripatopsidae; Peripatopsidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Peripatopsidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Peripatopsidae"):
genus Peripatopsis; Peripatopsis (type genus of Peripatopsidae; onychophorans of chiefly Asiatic and African tropical regions)
Holonyms ("Peripatopsidae" 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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