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A class of air-breathing Arthropoda; -- called also Protracheata, and Onychophora.

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  1. n. pl. A class of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/air-breathing">air-breathing Arthropoda; -- called also Protracheata, and Onychophora.
  2. A class of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/air-breathing">air-breathing Arthropoda; -- called also Protracheata, and Onychophora. Note: 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.
  3. A class of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/air-breathing">air-breathing Arthropoda; -- called alsoProtracheata, and Onychophora.
  4. n. pl. A class of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/air-breathing">air-breathing Arthropoda; -- called also Protracheata, and Onychophora.