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BOOK SCORPION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does book scorpion mean?
• BOOK SCORPION (noun)
The noun BOOK SCORPION has 1 sense:
1. minute arachnid sometimes found in old papers
Familiarity information: BOOK SCORPION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Minute arachnid sometimes found in old papers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
book scorpion; Chelifer cancroides
Hypernyms ("book scorpion" is a kind of...):
false scorpion; pseudoscorpion (small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion)
Holonyms ("book scorpion" is a member of...):
Chelifer; genus Chelifer (a genus of Chelonethida)
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