1. Any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms
   "peripatuses, also known as velvet worms, are considered living fossils";
   - onychophoran, velvet worm

Derived forms: peripatuses

Type of: arthropod

Part of: class Onychophora, Onychophora

Encyclopedia: Peripatus