onychophoran

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

onychophoran
    n 1: any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous
         animals common in tropical forests having characteristics
         of both arthropods and annelid worms [syn: {onychophoran},
         {velvet worm}, {peripatus}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

onychophoran \onychophoran\ n.
   Any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals
   common in tropical forests having characteristics of both
   arthropods and annelid worms; a member of the Onychophora,
   also called Malacopoda. See {Malacopoda}.

   Syn: velvet worm, peripatus.
        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]