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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Malacopoda  \Mal`a*cop"o*da\,  n.  pl  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?  soft  + 
  -poda.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  class  of  air-breathing  Arthropoda;  --  called  also 
  {Protracheata},  and  {Onychophora}. 
 
  Note:  They  somewhat  resemble  myriapods,  and  have  from 
  seventeen  to  thirty-three  pairs  of  short,  imperfectly 
  jointed  legs,  two  pairs  of  simple  jaws,  and  a  pair  of 
  antenn[ae].  The  tranche[ae]  are  connected  with  numerous 
  spiracles  scattered  over  the  surface  of  the  body. 
  {Peripatus}  is  the  only  known  genus.  See  {Peripatus}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Peripatus  \Pe*rip"a*tus\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?  a  walking  about.] 
  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  genus  of  lowly  organized  arthropods,  found  in  South  Africa, 
  Australia,  and  tropical  America.  It  constitutes  the  order 
  Malacopoda. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  peripatus 
  n  :  any  of  numerous  velvety-skinned  wormlike  carnivorous  animals 
  common  in  tropical  forests  having  characteristics  of  both 
  arthropods  and  annelid  worms  [syn:  {onychophoran},  {velvet 
  worm}] 




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