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51Prehensile tail — A prehensile tail is the tail of an animal that has adapted to be able to grasp and/or hold objects. Fully prehensile tails can be used to hold and manipulate objects, and in particular to aid arboreal creatures in finding and eating food in the… …
52F-89 Scorpion — Infobox Aircraft name=F 89 Scorpion type=Interceptor manufacturer=Northrop Corporation caption=USAF F 89H Scorpion. designer=Jack Northrop first flight= 16 August 1948 introduced= September 1950 retired= 1969 status=Retired primary user= United… …
53water scorpion — n. any of a family (Nepidae) of elongated, sticklike, four winged hemipteran insects, characterized by a long breathing tube at the anal end of the abdomen * * * ▪ insect any of the approximately 150 species of aquatic invertebrates of the… …
54book scorpion — n. any of various small arachnids (order Pseudoscorpionida) resembling a scorpion without a tail, found beneath stones, in old papers and books, etc …
55whip scorpion — n. any of various tropical or subtropical arachnids (esp. order Uropygi) resembling the scorpion but having a long, whiplike tail at the end of the abdomen and no sting …
56whip scorpion — noun nonvenomous arachnid that resembles a scorpion and that has a long thin tail without a stinger • Syn: ↑whip scorpion • Hypernyms: ↑arachnid, ↑arachnoid • Hyponyms: ↑vinegarroon, ↑Mastigoproctus giganteus …
57whip-scorpion — noun nonvenomous arachnid that resembles a scorpion and that has a long thin tail without a stinger • Syn: ↑whip scorpion • Hypernyms: ↑arachnid, ↑arachnoid • Hyponyms: ↑vinegarroon, ↑Mastigoproctus giganteus …
58whip scorpion — noun a scorpion like arachnid with a long, slender tail. [Order Uropygi.] …
59tailless whip scorpion — ▪ arachnid any of 70 species of the arthropod class Arachnida that are similar in appearance to whip scorpions (order Uropygi) but lack a telson, or tail. They occur in hot parts of both North and South America, Asia, and Africa, where, by day,… …
60water scorpion — /ˈwɔtə skɔpiən/ (say wawtuh skawpeeuhn) noun any of the aquatic hemipterous insects constituting the family Nepidae (genera Nepa, Ranatra, etc.), having a tail like process through which respiration is effected …
