PERIPATUS Definition & Meaning

peripatus

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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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Origin of peripatus¹

from New Latin, from Greek peripatos a pacing about; see peripatetic

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It is interesting to note that a form, peripatus, still exists which stands almost midway between annelids and insects and has only four segments in the head.

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