Vinegarroon

2 definitions found

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

  Vinegarroon \Vin`e*gar*roon"\, n. [Cf. Sp. vinagre vinegar.]
     A whip scorpion, esp. a large Mexican species ({Thelyphonus
     giganteus}) popularly supposed to be very venomous; -- from
     the odor that it emits when alarmed.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vinegarroon
       n : large whip-scorpion of Mexico and southern United States
           that emits a vinegary odor when alarmed [syn: {Mastigoproctus
           giganteus}]