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vinega(r)roon U.S.|ˌvɪnɪgəˈruːn|
Also vinagron, vinegarone, vineg(e)rone.
[ad. Amer. Sp. vinagrón, f. Sp. vinagre vinegar n. + (depreciatory) augmentative suffix -ón.]
A large whip scorpion, Mastigoproctus giganteus, which is native to southern North America and Mexico, emits a secretion smelling like vinegar when alarmed, and is often wrongly believed to be venomous. Also transf.
1853L. Sitgreaves Rep. Exped. Zuñi & Colorado Rivers 34 Frequently did I find in the road that disagreeable-looking object known to the Mexicans as the vinagron. 1889Cent. Dict. 6758/3 Vinegerone..so called on account of the strong vinegar-like odor of an acid secretion noticeable when the creature is alarmed. 1914Blackw. Mag. July 123/1 His late breaking-in, the lengthy vacation,..keep the ‘vinegarone’ in his [sc. a bronco's] composition. 1920Glasgow Herald 8 July 4/2 His animal friends, the chief of whom seem to be vinegrones, some species of bug. 1948Pacific Discovery Mar. 8/2 The vinegaroons, those queer, eight-legged devils of the desert night, raced at top speed in and out of the shadows to gather insect prey. 1978Sci. Amer. Mar. 36/3 Here are..the acetic-acid-secreting vinegarroons. |