peripatus
/pəˈrɪpətəs/noun
1- Zoology a tropical terrestrial invertebrate with a soft worm-like body and stumpy legs【动】栉蚕。参见ONYCHOPHORA.
1.1
- Genus Peripatus, phylum Onychophora.栉蚕属, 有爪动物门。
词源
modern Latin, from Greek peripatos 'that walks about'.