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From scientific Latin Onychophora (corresponding to onycho- +‎ -phore) +‎ -an.

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onychophoran (plural onychophorans)

  1. (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.

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