Meanings
nounperipatopsid (plural peripatopsids)
plural peripatopsids
- biologyAny 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
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