Noun: velvet worm
- 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"; "peripatuses, also known as velvet worms, are considered living fossils";
- onychophoran, peripatus
Derived forms: velvet worms
Type of: arthropod
Part of: class Onychophora, Onychophora
Encyclopedia: Velvet worm