Pe·ri·pa·top·sis, Pe·rip·a·tus prop. n. Zool. The type genus of Peripatopsidae, consisting of onychophorans (lowly organized invertebrates related evolutionarily to the arthropods, also called “walking worms” AND “velvet worms”) found chiefly in Asiatic and African tropical regions, in South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and tropical America.
Syn: -- genus Peripatopsis.
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Peripatopsis
n : type genus of Peripatopsidae; onychophorans of chiefly
Asiatic and African tropical regions [syn: genus
Peripatopsis]