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PSEUDOSCORPION

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion

Synonyms:

false scorpion; pseudoscorpion

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pseudoscorpion" is a kind of...):

arachnid; arachnoid (air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pseudoscorpion"):

book scorpion; Chelifer cancroides (minute arachnid sometimes found in old papers)

Holonyms ("pseudoscorpion" is a member of...):

Chelonethida; order Chelonethida; order Pseudoscorpiones; order Pseudoscorpionida; Pseudoscorpiones; Pseudoscorpionida (false scorpions)

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