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onychophorans

onychophorans is the plural of onychophoran.

Meaning of onychophoran

Noun

onychophoran (plural onychophorans)

  1. Any of many wormlike carnivorous ecdysozoan animals of the phylum Onychophora.
    • When India collided with Asia (incidentally creating the Himalayas), the onychophorans could spread northwards from India instead.2016 October 12, Susannah Lydon, “How did the velvet worm cross the world? The answer lies in amber”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    velvet worm

Questions about onychophorans

What is onychophorans the plural of?
Onychophorans is the plural of onychophoran.

Words near onychophorans in the dictionary

  1. onychophagia
  2. onychophagist
  3. onychophagists
  4. onychophagy
  5. onychophoran
  6. onychophorans
  7. onychopod
  8. onychopods
  9. onychopsin
  10. onychopsins
  11. onychoptosis

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