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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PSEUDOSCORPIONES

Pseu `do *scor `pi *o "nes, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Pseudo-, and Scorpion. ](Zoöl.)

Defn: 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.

New American Oxford Dictionary

pseudoscorpion

pseu do scor pi on |ˌso͞odōˈskôrpēən ˌsudoʊˈskɔrpiən | ▶noun a minute arachnid that has pincers but no long abdomen or sting, occurring abundantly in leaf litter. Also called false scorpion. [Order Pseudoscorpiones. ]

Oxford Dictionary

pseudoscorpion

pseudo |scor ¦pion |ˈs (j )uːdəʊskɔːpɪən | ▶noun another term for false scorpion.