whipscorpion

whipscorpion
/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]

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