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peripatid

peripatid noun: a velvet worm of the family Peripatidae.

Noun

peripatid (plural peripatids)

  1. A velvet worm of the family Peripatidae.
    • Peripatids were already in South-East Asia in the early Cretaceous, and had made the journey the long, early way through Europe, rather than rafting in on India, and subsequently went extinct in the rest of Laurasia.2016 October 12, Susannah Lydon, “How did the velvet worm cross the world? The answer lies in amber”, in The Guardian

Forms of peripatid

pluralperipatids

Questions about peripatid

What does peripatid mean?
Peripatid means a velvet worm of the family Peripatidae.
What part of speech is peripatid?
Peripatid is a noun.
What is the plural of peripatid?
The plural of peripatid is peripatids.

Words near peripatid in the dictionary

  1. peripateticism
  2. peripateticisms
  3. peripatetick
  4. peripateticks
  5. peripatetics
  6. peripatid
  7. peripatids
  8. peripatopsid
  9. peripatopsids
  10. peripatric
  11. peripatry

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