What is "onychophoran"

onychophoran \onychophoran\ n. Any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms; a member of the Onychophora, also called Malacopoda. See Malacopoda.

Syn: velvet worm, peripatus.

n. (context zoology English) Any of many wormlike carnivorous animals of the phylum ''Onychophora''

n. any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms [syn: velvet worm, peripatus]