chactid

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chactid (plural chactids)

  1. (zoology) Any scorpion in the family Chactidae.
    • 1990, Gary A. Polis, The Biology of Scorpions, page 103:
      This character persisted in the literature despite the knowledge of chactids that do not have two pairs of lateral eyes and of vaejovids that do not have three pairs.