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peripatus noun
- any of a genus of wormlike arthropods having a segmented body and short unjointed limbs: belonging to the phylum Onychophora
Word Origin for peripatus from New Latin, from Greek peripatos a pacing about; see peripatetic Examples from the Web for peripatus Historical Examples of peripatus
Sleep not in the dogmas of the Peripatus, Academy, or Porticus.
Sir Thomas Browne and his ‘Religio Medici’
Alexander Whyte
In Peripatus we have a strange survivor of these primitive Annelid-Tracheates of many million years ago.
Joseph McCabe
Segmental organ from the 5th pair of legs of Peripatus capensis.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume IV (of 4)
Francis Maitland Balfour
In this respect also Peripatus shews no signs of a primitive condition of the nervous system.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1
Francis Maitland Balfour
The chief feature in which Peripatus was supposed to differ from normal Arthropoda and Annelida, viz.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1
Francis Maitland Balfour