Pseudoscorpiones

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pseudoscorpiones \Pseu`do*scor`pi*o"nes\, n. pl. [NL. See
     {Pseudo-}, and {Scorpion}.] (Zool.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Pseudoscorpiones
       n : false scorpions [syn: {Chelonethida}, {order Chelonethida},
           {Pseudoscorpionida}, {order Pseudoscorpionida}, {order
           Pseudoscorpiones}]