peripatopsis

noun

pe·​rip·​a·​top·​sis

pəˌripəˈtäpsə̇s

1

capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Peripatopsidae) of chiefly palaeotropical onychophorans compare peripatus

2

plural peripatopses

-äpˌsēz

: an arthropod of the genus Peripatopsis

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Peripatus + -opsis

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