velvet worm

Noun
  1. Any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms (synset 102002421)
    is a type of: arthropod - invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
    subtypes: plicatoperipatus jamaicensis - a kind of onychophoran
    belongs to: 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
    same as: onychophoran, peripatus

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