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Uropygi

noun

whip scorpions

• Syn: ↑Pedipalpi, ↑order Pedipalpi, ↑order Uropygi

• Hypernyms: ↑animal order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Arachnida, ↑class Arachnida

• Member Meronyms: ↑whip-scorpion, ↑whip scorpion, ↑Mastigoproctus, ↑genus Mastigoproctus

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\\ˌyu̇rəˈpīˌjī\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from ur- (II) + Greek pygē rump, buttocks

: a division of Pedipalpida including those (as the whip scorpions) with a tail

Useful english dictionary. 2012.