peripatid
/pɪˈrɪpətɪd/Zoology
adjective
Originally: = onychophoranNow: specifically of or relating to the family Peripatidae, which comprises the tropical onychophorans (including those of the typical genus Peripatus).
noun
An onychophoran, specifically of the family Peripatidae.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Isaac Funk (1839–1912), publisher and reformer. From scientific Latin Peripatus Peripatus + -id, after scientific Latin Peripatidae, family name.