false scorpion

British

noun

any small predatory arachnid of the order Pseudoscorpionida , which includes the book scorpion and is named from the claw-shaped palps, which are poison organs See also book scorpion

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But the false scorpion may be considered rather as a bother than a serious trouble to the fly.

From Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things by Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton)

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