- genus Peripatus
- nountype genus of Peripatidae; onychophorans of chiefly New World tropical regions• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Peripatidae, ↑family Peripatidae
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genus Peripatus
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Peripatus — Taxobox | name = Peripatus image width = 280px image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Onychophora familia = Peripatidae genus = Peripatus genus authority = Guilding, 1826 Peripatus is a genus of Onychophora (Velvet worms). It is said to be a… … Wikipedia
peripatus — noun Any onychophoran of the genus Peripatus … Wiktionary
Peripatus — Pe*rip a*tus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a walking about.] (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of lowly organized arthropods, found in South Africa, Australia, and tropical America. It constitutes the order Malacopoda. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
peripatus — pe·rip·a·tus (pə rĭpʹə təs) n. See onychophoran. [New Latin Peripatus, genus name, from Greek peripatos, walking about, from peripatein, to walk about. See peripatetic.] * * * … Universalium
peripatus — noun Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Greek peripatos act of walking about, from peri + patein to tread Date: circa 1931 any of a class or phylum (Onychophora) of primitive tropical wormlike invertebrates that appear intermediate between… … New Collegiate Dictionary
arthropod genus — noun a genus of arthropods • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Phalangium, ↑genus Phalangium, ↑Chelifer, ↑genus Chelifer, ↑Mastigoproctus, ↑genus Mastigoproctus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Weta (genus) — Taxobox name = Weta image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Orthoptera subordo = Ensifera familia = Rhaphidophoridae genus = Weta genus authority = subdivision ranks = Species subdivision = See text. Weta is … Wikipedia
Перипатус — (Peripatus) единственный род класса первичнотрахейных (Protracheata s. Onychophora) суставчатоногих. Тело лишено внешней членистости, червеобразное, с неясно отделенной головой, с 14 42 парами коротких неясночленистых, вооруженных двумя коготками … Энциклопедический словарь Ф.А. Брокгауза и И.А. Ефрона
Onychophora — Temporal range: 40–0 Ma … Wikipedia
Velvet worm — Taxobox name = Onychophora fossil range = Cambrian – Recent image width = 250px image caption = Velvet worm regnum = Animalia phylum = Onychophora phylum authority = Grube, 1853 subdivision ranks = Extant families subdivision = Peripatidae… … Wikipedia
