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onychophoran
[ on-i-kof-er-uhn ]
noun
- any small, predatory, caterpillarlike animal of the phylum Onychophora, common in tropical forests, having stubby legs ending in pincers.
onychophoran
/ ˌɒɪˈɒəə /
noun
- any wormlike terrestrial invertebrate of the phylum Onychophora, having a segmented body, short unjointed limbs, and breathing by means of tracheae: intermediate in structure and evolutionary development between annelids and arthropods
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of onychophoran1
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of onychophoran1
from New Latin Onychophora, from Greek onukh- nail, claw + -phore
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Others are strangers to most of us: eurypterid, uintathere, onychophoran.
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