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Meaning of PSEUDOSCORPIONES

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  false scorpions
 
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 Synonyms: Chelonethida, order Chelonethida, order Pseudoscorpiones, order Pseudoscorpionida, Pseudoscorpionida
 
 See Also: animal order, Arachnida, Chelifer, class Arachnida, false scorpion, genus Chelifer, pseudoscorpion

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pseu`do*scor`pi*o"nes\, n. pl. [NL. See
{Pseudo-}, and {Scorpion}.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of Arachnoidea having the palpi terminated by large
claws, as in the scorpions, but destitute of a caudal sting;
the false scorpions. Called also {Pseudoscorpii}, and
{Pseudoscorpionina}. See Illust. of {Book scorpion}, under
Book.
 

 

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