ONYCHOPHORAN

Meaning of ONYCHOPHORAN in English

Pronunciation: ˌ ä-ni- ' kä-f ə -r ə n

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin Onychophora, group name, from Greek onych-, onyx claw + -phoros -phore

Date: circa 1890

: PERIPATUS

– onychophoran adjective

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

ONYCHOPHORAN — noun Etymology: New Latin Onychophora, group name, from Greek onych-, onyx claw + -phoros -phore Date: circa 1890 peripatus , …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ONYCHOPHORAN — Any of about 90 species of free-living terrestrial invertebrates in the class Onychophora (sometimes considered a phylum). They are sometimes …
Английский словарь Британика
ONYCHOPHORAN — adjective or noun see onychophora
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONYCHOPHORAN — /on'i kof"euhr euhn/ , n. any small, predatory, caterpillarlike animal of the phylum Onychophora, common in tropical forests, having stubby …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONYCHOPHORAN — noun Etymology: New Latin Onychophora, group name, from Greek onych-, onyx claw + -phoros -phore Date: circa 1890 : peripatus …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONYCHOPHORAN — [ ˌɒnɪ'kɒf(ə)r(ə)n ] ■ noun Zoology a terrestrial invertebrate of the small phylum Onychophora, which comprises the velvet worms. Origin …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ONYCHOPHORAN — [on.y.choph.o.ran] n [NL Onychophora, group name, fr. Gk onych-, onyx claw + -phoros -phore] (ca. 1890): peripatus -- onychophoran adj
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ONYCHOPHORAN — n. Any of about 90 species of free-living terrestrial invertebrates in the class Onychophora (sometimes considered a phylum). They are …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PROTRACHEATE — (ˈ) ̷ ̷.+ adjective or noun Etymology: New Latin Protracheata : onychophoran
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PROMOTOR — prōˈmōd.ə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin, from Medieval Latin, one that advances — more at promoter : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PERIPATUS — pəˈripəd.əs noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek peripatos act of walking, place for walking, from peri- + patos path — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOBOPODIUM — [ ˌləʊbə(ʊ)'pəʊdɪəm ] ■ noun ( plural lobopodia -ɪə ) Zoology 1》 the primitive leg of an onychophoran. 2》 a …
Concise Oxford English vocab
LOBOPOD — [ 'ləʊbə(ʊ)pɒd ] ■ noun Zoology the ~ium of an onychophoran. ↘an onychophoran.
Concise Oxford English vocab
ONCOPOD — collective name for three groups of animals: Onychophora and Tardigrada, which are free-living forms, and Pentastomida, which are parasitic. Onychophora …
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