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false scorpion

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false scorpion
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any small predatory arachnid of the order Pseudoscorpionida, which includes the book scorpion and is named from the claw-shaped palps, which are poison organs
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Noun1.false scorpion - small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion
pseudoscorpion
arachnid, arachnoid - air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs
Chelonethida, order Chelonethida, order Pseudoscorpiones, order Pseudoscorpionida, Pseudoscorpiones, Pseudoscorpionida - false scorpions
book scorpion, Chelifer cancroides - minute arachnid sometimes found in old papers


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