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Webster 1913 Edition


Pseudoscorpiones


Pseuˊdo-scorˊpi-o′nes

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL. See
Pseudo-
, and
Scorpion
.]
(Zool.)
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.