the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun-plural. A division of Arachnida, including the whip scorpions (Thelyphonus) and allied forms. Sometimes used in a wider sense to include also the true scorpions.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Plural of pedipalpus.
A suborder of the arachnidan order Arthrogastra, containing the families Phrynidæ, and Thelyphonidæ, commonly known as whip-scorpions.
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