| Pronunciation: | | `vinugu'roon
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] large whipscorpion of Mexico and southern United States that emits a vinegary odor when alarmed |
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| | Synonyms: | | Mastigoproctus giganteus |
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| | See Also: | | genus Mastigoproctus, Mastigoproctus, whip scorpion, whipscorpion |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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