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Noun: class Onychophora
  1. 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
    - Onychophora

Type of: class

Part of: Arthropoda, phylum Arthropoda

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class Mammalia
class Mastigophora
class Merostomata
class Monocotyledonae
class Monocotyledones
class Musci
class Myriapoda
class Myxomycetes
class Nuda
class Oligochaeta
class Onychophora
class Oomycetes
class Ophiuroidea
class Osteichthyes
class Pauropoda
class Pelecypoda
class period
class Phaeophyceae
class Phasmidia
class Pinopsida
class Placodermi