PERIPATOPSIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Peripatopsidae mean? 

• PERIPATOPSIDAE (noun)
  The noun PERIPATOPSIDAE has 1 sense:

1. a family of Onychophora

  Familiarity information: PERIPATOPSIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERIPATOPSIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of Onychophora

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Peripatopsidae; Peripatopsidae

Hypernyms ("Peripatopsidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Peripatopsidae"):

genus Peripatopsis; Peripatopsis (type genus of Peripatopsidae; onychophorans of chiefly Asiatic and African tropical regions)

Holonyms ("Peripatopsidae" is a member of...):

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)