'Onychophora' definitions:
Definition of 'Onychophora'
(from WordNet)
noun
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 [syn: Onychophora, class Onychophora]
Definition of 'Onychophora'
From: GCIDE
- Malacopoda \Mal`a*cop"o*da\, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. malako`s soft + -poda.] (Zool.) A class of air-breathing Arthropoda; -- called also Protracheata, and Onychophora. [1913 Webster]
- Note: They somewhat resemble myriapods, and have from seventeen to thirty-three pairs of short, imperfectly jointed legs, two pairs of simple jaws, and a pair of antennae. The trancheae are connected with numerous spiracles scattered over the surface of the body. Peripatus is the only known genus. See Peripatus. [1913 Webster]