PERIPATIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Peripatidae mean? 

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

1. a family of Onychophora

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERIPATIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of Onychophora

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Peripatidae; Peripatidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Peripatidae"):

genus Peripatus (type genus of Peripatidae; onychophorans of chiefly New World tropical regions)

genus Plicatoperipatus; Plicatoperipatus (a genus of Peripatidae)

Holonyms ("Peripatidae" 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)