Meanings
plural pseudoscorpions
- An arachnid belonging to the order Pseudoscorpiones, also known as Pseudoscorpionida or Chelonethida
Synonyms: false scorpion, book scorpion
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn arachnid belonging to the order Pseudoscorpiones, also known as Pseudoscorpionida or Chelonethida
More synonyms by meaning
nounsmall nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion
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Origin
- translingualPseudoscorpiones
- Englishpseudoscorpion
Borrowed from translingual Pseudoscorpiones. Equivalent to pseudo- (“fake, false”) + scorpion.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic عَقْرَب زَائِفَة, عَقْرَب مُزَيَّف
- عَقْرَب زَائِفَة (ʕaqrab zāʔifa)arachnid
- عَقْرَب مُزَيَّف (ʕaqrab muzayyaf)arachnid
Catalan pseudoescorpí
- pseudoescorpíarachnid
Chinese Mandarin 擬蠍 /拟蝎
- 擬蠍 /拟蝎 (nǐxiē)arachnid
French pseudoscorpion
- pseudoscorpionarachnid
German Pseudoskorpion
- Pseudoskorpionarachnid
Hebrew דמוי עקרב, זוטקרב
- דמוי עקרב (dmuy akráv)arachnid
- זוטקרב (zutakráv)arachnid
Japanese 蟹虫
- 蟹虫 (kanimushi)arachnid
Lithuanian pseudoskorpiònas
- pseudoskorpiònasarachnid
Polish zaleszczotek
- zaleszczotekarachnid
Portuguese pseudoescorpião
- pseudoescorpiãoarachnid
Romanian pseudoscorpion, pseudoscorpie
- pseudoscorpionarachnid
- pseudoscorpiearachnid
Russian ложноскорпио́н, лжескорпио́н
- ложноскорпио́н (ložnoskorpión)arachnid
- лжескорпио́н (lžeskorpión)arachnid
Ukrainian псевдоскорпіо́н
- псевдоскорпіо́н (psevdoskorpión)arachnid
Welsh ffugsgorpion
- ffugsgorpionarachnid
Cite this entry
pseudoscorpion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoscorpion
“pseudoscorpion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoscorpion. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudoscorpion,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoscorpion.
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