ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷pədə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from pedipalpus + -ida
: an order of Arachnida limited to warm or tropical regions that includes the whip scorpions and other moderate-sized arachnids having an unsegmented cephalothorax and a segmented flattened abdomen, small often retractile 2-segmented chelicerae, large usually chelate pedipalps, and a slender many-jointed first pair of legs