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| on·y·choph·o·ran [ ònni kóffərən ] (plural on·y·choph·o·rans) |
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small terrestrial multi-legged invertebrate: a small land invertebrate that has many pairs of unjointed legs and captures insects and similar prey by spraying them with adhesive mucus. Phylum Onychophora.
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| [Late 19th century. < modern Latin Onychophora< Greek onukh- "claw" + -phoros "bearing"; from the curved claws] |
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