SCORPIONIDEA
\skˌɔːpɪənˈa͡ɪdi͡ə], \skˌɔːpɪənˈaɪdiə], \s_k_ˌɔː_p_ɪ__ə_n_ˈaɪ_d_iə]\
Definitions of SCORPIONIDEA
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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An order of the class Arachnida, of the phylum Arthropoda; venomous scorpions most prevalent in the tropics. The toxin which is injected by them from poison glands with ducts opening on either side of the last abdominal segment, consists of a neurotoxin and a hemolysin.
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