单词 | pseudoscorpion |
释义 | pseudoscorpionn. Zoology. Any of various minute arachnids of the order Pseudoscorpiones, which occur abundantly in leaf litter and resemble scorpions in having pincers, but lack a long abdomen and a sting. Also called false scorpion. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > division Pseudoarachnida > order Pseudoscorpiones > member of scorpion1709 pseudoscorpion1826 false scorpion1875 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. (Note) 22 The Cheliferidæ or Pseudo-Scorpions. 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xix. 303 Two Orders..which may be denominated, Pseudo-scorpions and Phalangidans. 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals vii. 378 The Pseudo~scorpions resemble the Scorpions. 1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses ii. 14 The class Arachnida includes a wide variety of forms, such as scorpions, whip scorpions, pseudoscorpions, harvestmen, true spiders, mites, and ticks. 2001 H. Holmes Secret Life Dust i. 12 The dust bunny is riddled with allergy-inducing dust-mite parts, with the mites themselves, and with the predatory mites and pseudoscorpions that stalk and kill them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1826 |
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