Last name origins & meanings: 1  Dutch, North German (Niemann), and Danish: nickname for a newcomer to a place, from nie ânewâ (variant of German neu or Dutch nieuw) + man âmanâ. 2  Dutch, North German (Niemann), and Danish: Perhaps also from niemand ânobodyâ, hence a nickname for an orphan or a person of no account.ast name origins & meanings: 1  Dutch, North German (Niemann), and Danish: nickname for a newcomer to a place, from nie ânewâ (variant of German neu or Dutch nieuw) + man âmanâ. 2  Dutch, North German (Niemann), and Danish: Perhaps also from niemand ânobodyâ, hence a nickname for an orphan or a person of no account.
GCIDE(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: onychophoran(n.) Any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms; a member of the Onychophora, also called Malacopoda. See Malacopoda.
âamphoraâ in British English. See all translations. uk â /ËÃ¦m.fÉr.É/ us â /ËÃ¦m.fÉ.É/ plural amphorae uk â /-iË/ us â amphoras. â. âº a long, narrow clay container with two handles, wider at the top than at the base, that was used in ancient times especially for storing oil or wine.