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[syn: Chelonethida, order Chelonethida, Pseudoscorpionida, order Pseudoscorpionida, Pseudoscorpiones, order Pseudoscorpiones]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pseudoscorpiones \Pseu`do*scor`pi*o"nes\, n. 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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Pseudoscorpiones
n 1: false scorpions [syn: Chelonethida, order Chelonethida,
Pseudoscorpionida, order Pseudoscorpionida,
Pseudoscorpiones, order Pseudoscorpiones]