peripatus

British  

/ pəˈrɪpətəs /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of peripatus

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

Example Sentences

Some species, such as the Queensland lungfish and peripatus, have remained relatively unchanged for hundreds of millions of years.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

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 The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by Tyler, John Mason