Definition of peripatus
: any of a class or phylum (Onychophora) of primitive tropical wormlike invertebrates that appear intermediate between annelid worms and arthropods
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Origin and Etymology of peripatus
New Latin, genus name, from Greek peripatos act of walking about, from peri- + patein to tread
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First Known Use: circa 1931
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