Definition of Genus Peripatopsis

1. Noun. Type genus of Peripatopsidae; onychophorans of chiefly Asiatic and African tropical regions.

Exact synonyms: Peripatopsis
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Peripatopsidae, Peripatopsidae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Peripatopsis

genus Penelope
genus Peneus
genus Penicillium
genus Pennatula
genus Pennisetum
genus Penstemon
genus Peperomia
genus Perca
genus Percina
genus Perdix
genus Pereskia
genus Pericallis
genus Peridinium
genus Perilla
genus Periophthalmus
genus Peripatopsis (current term)
genus Peripatus
genus Periplaneta
genus Periploca
genus Perisoreus
genus Peristedion
genus Pernis
genus Perodicticus
genus Perognathus
genus Peromyscus
genus Peronospora
genus Persea
genus Persoonia
genus Pertusaria
genus Petasites

Literary usage of Genus Peripatopsis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science in South Africa: A Handbook and Review by William Flint, John Dow Fisher Gilchrist (1905)
"RI Pocock in subdividing the old genus Peripatus created the genus Peripatopsis for the Cape forms, and I have subsequently added another genus, ..."

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