scorpion spider

noun

A whip spider or vinegaroon, any spider of order Uropygi (now often Thelyphonida)

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Meanings

nounscorpion spider (plural scorpion spiders)

plural scorpion spiders

  1. A whip spider or vinegaroon, any spider of order Uropygi (now often Thelyphonida)
  2. Certain spiders in order Araneae
    1. Platyoides and other genera of family Trochanteriidae, of Africa, which can fold their fourth pair of legs over their back like a scorpion.
    2. Arachnura in the family Araneidae (scorpion-tailed spiders)
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