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onychophoran
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onychophoran, n.
Any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms; a member of the Onychophora , also called Malacopoda . See Malacopoda. [WordNet 1.5]
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