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Meaning of "peripatus" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PERIPATUS

From New Latin, from Greek peripatos a pacing about.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PERIPATUS

pəˈrɪpətəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERIPATUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Peripatus is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PERIPATUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of peripatus in the English dictionary

The definition of peripatus in the dictionary is any of a genus of wormlike arthropods having a segmented body and short unjointed limbs: belonging to the phylum Onychophora.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERIPATUS

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERIPATUS

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WORDS THAT END LIKE PERIPATUS

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Synonyms and antonyms of peripatus in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about peripatus

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERIPATUS»

Discover the use of peripatus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to peripatus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Cambridge natural history
P. Edwardsii.1 — Neotropical Peripatus from Caracas, with a variable number of ambulatory legs (twenty-nine to thirty - four). Males with nrenty-nine or thirty legs, and tubercles on a varying number of the posterior legs. The basal part or the ...
Sidney Frederic Harmer, Sir Arthur Everett Shipley, 1895
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A New Peripatus from Mexico
A NEW PERIPATUS FROM MEXICO. WILLIAM MORTON WHEELER. Dr. Gustav Eisen, of San Francisco, has most generously placed at my disposal all his material — some 87 specimens — of a new species of Peripatus, with permission to ...
William Morton Wheeler, 1898
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A New Species of Peripatus from the Mountains of Northern Peru
ON a recent trip to Peru, Mr. G. K. Noble, Z06logist of the Expedition to Peru, under the joint auspices of the School Of Tropical Medicine and the Museum of Comparative Zoology, secured six fine specimens of Peripatus which represent an ...
Charles Thomas Brues, 1917
4
Three New Species of Pipunculidae (Diptera) from Panama
Peripatus (Epiperipatus) edwardsii Blanchard. HABITAT. — Cayenne; banks of the Approuague river, also the interior; Surinam, Paramaribo ; ?Trinidad ; Venezuela, Haute Sarare, Bas Sarare, Merida and Caracas ; PColombia, vicinity of Lake ...
John Russell Malloch, 1913
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Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections
Order Onychophora — Continued* Family Peripatid.-e Evans, 1902 — Continued . Subfamily Peripatin.* Evans, 1902 (emended A. H. Clark, 1913) — Continued. Genus Peripatus Guilding, 1825 — Continued. Subgenus Epiperipatus A. H. ...
‎1916
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Studies from the Morphological Laboratory in the University ...
Neotropical Peripatus from Chili, with nineteen pain of ambulatory legs. P. 197. P. demeraranus. — Neotropical Peripatus from Maccasseema, Demerara, with twenty-seven to thirty-one pairs of ambulatory legs and cylindrical primary papilla .
University of Cambridge. Morphological Laboratory, 1888
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Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science
(1) The species of the neotropical region except Chili — Neo-Peripatus. (2) The species from tropical Africa — Congo-Peripatus. (3) „ „ Malaya — Eo-Peripatus. ( 4) „ „ South Africa — Capo-Peripatus. (5) „ „ New Britain — Melano-Peripatus.
‎1908
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Biology: A Search For Order In Complexity
Supplement PERIPATUS Figure 14-67 Peripatus Courtesy Carolina Biological Supply Company 14-40 A Strange Creature Peripatus (p3-rT'p3-t3s) is a very strange creature, found in Australasia, Africa, Central and South America, and South ...
Leslie MacKenzie, David K. Arwine, Edward J. Shewan, 2004
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Animal Evolution : Interrelationships of the Living Phyla: ...
Maruzen, Tokyo. Eakin, R.E. and J. A. Westfall 1965. Fine structure of the eye of Peripatus (Onychophora). Z. Zellforsch. 68: 278-300. Evans, R. 1901. On the Malayan species of Onychophora. Part II. - The development of Eoperipatus weldoni.
Claus Nielsen, 2001
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Zoological Results Based on Material from New Britain, New ...
But Grube's memoir on Peripatus, besides being the best work which had appeared on the subject prior to Moseley's discovery of the tracheae, is intrinsically a work of abiding merit. Therefore, in my opinion, Grube's name, Onychophora, ...
Arthur Willey, 1902

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERIPATUS»

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Lizards in path of Transmission Gully motorway shifted to new $15k …
... geckos and four brown skinks, as well as about 20 peripatus worms, also known as velvet or walking worms, living among the boulders. «The Dominion Post, Jul 15»
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Teka-teki Wajah Makhluk Laut Berkepala Sendok Terpecahkan
"Penemuan ini akan meningkatkan pemahaman kita tentang evolusi awal pada garis evolusi yang menghasilkan peripatus masa kini," kata ... «KOMPAS.com, Jun 15»
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Makeover for CU zoology museum
Imagine, I found a peripatus sample — a 'living fossil' as a present specimen will seem to be a copy of its over 550 million years older ... «Times of India, Mar 15»
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How the Velvet Worm Pulls Off Its Bizarre Slime Attack
Caption: The Velvet worm (Peripatus sp.) is believed to be an evolutionary "link" between annelids and arthropods. It is a predatory creature ... «Wired, Mar 15»
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Peripatus work recognised
Dave Randle's knowledge and experience of the Caversham peripatus outstrips that of anyone else in Dunedin, it is claimed. His work to help ... «Otago Daily Times, Nov 14»
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Heaven on earth in a world of insects
Many of the rich array of invertebrates found among the leaf litter during that trip were not named, including several specimens of peripatus - a ... «Otago Daily Times, Oct 14»
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Dream animal lives - as a fossil
... the charming microscopic water bears (Tardigrades) and the even more cuddly and colourful "velvet worms" or Peripatus species have links ... «The Earth Times, Aug 14»
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Satisfying protecting precious places
... have about 20ha of regenerating native coastal forest under covenant near Saddle Hill which is also home to a peripatus worm population. «Otago Daily Times, Jan 14»
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Patter of Peripatus feet
The supercontinent reigned supreme for millions of years while life evolved. Early forms on land that are still with us should have had time to ... «The Earth Times, Nov 13»
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It's In Our Nature's birthday!
We made our way through the amazing things about New Zealand's native bats, why peripatus, a tiny "walking worm", is a living legacy of our ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 13»
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