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单词 pseudoscorpion
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pseudoscorpionn.

Brit. /ˌs(j)uːdə(ʊ)ˈskɔːpɪən/, U.S. /ˌsudoʊˈskɔrpiən/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: pseudo- comb. form, scorpion n.
Etymology: < pseudo- comb. form + scorpion n., after scientific Latin Pseudoscorpiones, order name ( P. A. Latreille Familles naturelles du règne animal (1825) 319). Compare French faux-scorpions, plural noun (P. A. Latreille 1817, in Cuvier Règne animal III. 107), German Pseudoskorpione, plural noun (1832 or earlier).
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.
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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).
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