scorpion spider
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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Vinegaroon_at_the_Smithsonian_National_Zoo_%288677431063%29.jpg/220px-Vinegaroon_at_the_Smithsonian_National_Zoo_%288677431063%29.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Platyoides00.jpg/220px-Platyoides00.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Arachnura_melanura_%2827281359355%29.jpg/220px-Arachnura_melanura_%2827281359355%29.jpg)
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]scorpion spider (plural scorpion spiders)
- A whip spider or vinegaroon, any spider of order Uropygi (now often Thelyphonida)
- Certain spiders in order Araneae
- Platyoides and other genera of family Trochanteriidae, of Africa, which can fold their fourth pair of legs over their back like a scorpion.
- Arachnura in the family Araneidae (scorpion-tailed spiders)
References
[edit]- “scorpion spider”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
scorpion spider on Wikipedia.Wikipedia