WHIPSCORPION


Meaning of WHIPSCORPION in English

/hwip"skawr'pee euhn, wip"-/ , n.

any of numerous arachnids of the order Uropygi, of tropical and warm temperate regions, resembling a scorpion but having an abdomen that ends in a slender, nonvenomous whip.

[ 1885-90; WHIP + SCORPION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .