class onychophora

1. 1.

   enigmatic small elongated wormlike terrestrial invertebrates of damp dark habitats in warm regions; distinct from the phylum Annelida; resemble slugs with legs and are sometimes described as the missing link between arthropods and annelids

   SynonymsOnychophora

   Broaderclass

   Part ofArthropoda

Questions about class onychophora

What does class onychophora mean?

class onychophora means "enigmatic small elongated wormlike terrestrial invertebrates of damp dark habitats in warm regions; distinct from the phylum Annelida; resemble slugs with legs and are sometimes described as the missing link between arthropods and annelids".

What is another word for class onychophora?

Close synonyms include Onychophora. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is class onychophora a common word?

class onychophora is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.