English > false scorpion: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion. |
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| Synonym | pseudoscorpion |
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| Member of | Chelonethida, order Chelonethida, Pseudoscorpionida, order Pseudoscorpionida, Pseudoscorpiones, order Pseudoscorpiones | false scorpions |
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| Narrower | book scorpion, Chelifer cancroides | minute arachnid sometimes found in old papers |
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| Broader | arachnid, arachnoid | air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs |
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| Spanish | pseudoescorpión, pseudoscorpionida |
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| Catalan | pseudo-escorpí, pseudoescorpí |
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