velvet worm

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English

Peripatoides indigo

Etymology

From their velvety skin texture and worm-like appearance.

Noun

velvet worm (plural velvet worms)

  1. A worm of the phylum Onychophora: an ecdysozoan organism with tiny eyes, antennae, multiple pairs of legs, and slime glands.

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