FALSE SCORPION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does false scorpion mean? 

• FALSE SCORPION (noun)
  The noun FALSE SCORPION has 1 sense:

1. small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion

  Familiarity information: FALSE SCORPION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FALSE SCORPION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

false scorpion; pseudoscorpion

Hypernyms ("false scorpion" 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 "false scorpion"):

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

Holonyms ("false scorpion" is a member of...):

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