onychophoran in English

noun
1
a terrestrial invertebrate of the small phylum Onychophora ; a velvet worm.
A number of fossils from the Cambrian have been described which look more or less like onychophorans .
adjective
1
relating to or denoting onychophorans.
noun
    velvet wormperipatus

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1. The limb staining suggests shared ancestry of the onychophoran and Arthropod limbs