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peripatopsid

peripatopsid noun: any velvet worm of the family Peripatopsidae.

Noun

peripatopsid (plural peripatopsids)

  1. Any velvet worm of the family Peripatopsidae.
    • One group, the peripatopsids, are found exclusively on the continents which once formed the southern supercontinent Gondwana.2016 October 12, Susannah Lydon, “How did the velvet worm cross the world? The answer lies in amber”, in The Guardian

Forms of peripatopsid

pluralperipatopsids

Questions about peripatopsid

What does peripatopsid mean?
Peripatopsid means any velvet worm of the family Peripatopsidae.
What part of speech is peripatopsid?
Peripatopsid is a noun.
What is the plural of peripatopsid?
The plural of peripatopsid is peripatopsids.

Words near peripatopsid in the dictionary

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

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