A class of air-breathing
Arthropoda; -- called also
Protracheata, and
Onychophora. [
1913 Webster]
" They somewhat resemble myriapods, and have from seventeen to thirty-three pairs of short, imperfectly jointed legs, two pairs of simple jaws, and a pair of antennæ. The trancheæ are connected with numerous spiracles scattered over the surface of the body. Peripatus is the only known genus. See Peripatus."
[1913 Webster]