Noun: onychophoran ,ó-nu'kó-fu-run
- Any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms
"Onychophorans, also known as velvet worms, are considered living fossils";
- velvet worm, peripatus
Derived forms: onychophorans
Type of: arthropod
Part of: class Onychophora, Onychophora
Encyclopedia: Onychophoran