onychophoran
English edit
Etymology edit
From scientific Latin Onychophora (corresponding to onycho- + -phore) + -an.
Noun edit
onychophoran (plural onychophorans)
- (zoology) Any of many wormlike carnivorous ecdysozoan animals of the phylum Onychophora. [from 19th c.]
- 2016 October 12, Susannah Lydon, “How did the velvet worm cross the world? The answer lies in amber”, in The Guardian[1]:
- When India collided with Asia (incidentally creating the Himalayas), the onychophorans could spread northwards from India instead.