pseudoscorpiones Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun false scorpions
    order Chelonethida; Pseudoscorpionida; Chelonethida; order Pseudoscorpiones; order Pseudoscorpionida.

WordNet

Pseu`do*scor`pi*o"nes noun plural
Etymology
NL. See Pseudo-, and Scorpion.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) An order of Arachnoidea having the palpi terminated by large claws, as in the scorpions, but destitute of a caudal sting; the false scorpions. Called also Pseudoscorpii, and Pseudoscorpionina. See Illust. of Book scorpion, under Book.

Webster 1913