peripatus

/ pəˈrɪpətəs /

noun

1. any of a genus of wormlike arthropods having a segmented body and short unjointed limbs: belonging to the phylum Onychophora

Word History and Origins

Origin of peripatus¹

from New Latin, from Greek peripatos a pacing about; see peripatetic

Example Sentences

It is interesting to note that a form, peripatus, still exists which stands almost midway between annelids and insects and has only four segments in the head.

From Project Gutenberg