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peripatus

pe·ri·pa·tus

uncommon

noun

1.

any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms

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From the genus name, from Ancient Greek περῐ́πᾰτος (perĭ́pătos, “walking”).

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