单词 | vinegaroon |
释义 | vinegaroonn. U.S. 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 transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Scorpiones > order Pedipalpida > member of > mastigoproctus giganteus (vinegaroon) vinegaroon1853 1853 L. 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. 1889 Cent. Dict. 6758/3 Vinegerone..so called on account of the strong vinegar-like odor of an acid secretion noticeable when the creature is alarmed. 1914 Blackwood's Mag. July 123/1 His late breaking-in, the lengthy vacation,..keep the ‘vinegarone’ in his [sc. a bronco's] composition. 1920 Glasgow Herald 8 July 4/2 His animal friends, the chief of whom seem to be vinegrones, some species of bug. 1948 Pacific Discov. 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. 1978 Sci. Amer. Mar. 36/3 Here are..the acetic-acid-secreting vinegarroons. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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