jerrymunglum

English

Noun

jerrymunglum (plural jerrymunglums)

1. (British, dated) Synonym of camel spider (arachnid of the order Solifugae)
   • 1929, Walter Scott Patton, Alwen M Evans, Insects, Ticks, Mites and Venomous Animals of Medical and Veterinary Importance:

     The well known Galeodes, is very common in arid countries, and is popularly known as a "Jerrymunglum." It is a harmless arthropod.

   • 1948, Country Life, volume 104, page 488:

     Your correspondence about contests staged between scorpions and spiders recalls a small military cantonment in Hyderabad (Deccan) in 1893. We were a small community, and one of our after-dinner amusements was to stage jerrymunglum v. Scorpion contests within the confines of an inverted finger bowl.

   • 1959, Nesta Pain, Grassblade Jungle, page 174:

     Jerrymunglums are relatives of the spiders and scorpions and are not true insects.