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vinegaroon

/ˌvɪnəɡəˈruːn/

vinegaroon noun: a whip scorpion (arachnid of order Thelyphonida), which when threatened may eject a liquid containing acetic acid.

vinegaroon: a whip scorpion (arachnid of order Thelyphonida), which when threatened may eject a liquid...
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Noun

vinegaroon (plural vinegaroons)

  1. A whip scorpion (arachnid of order Thelyphonida), which when threatened may eject a liquid containing acetic acid.
    • I have found dead vinegaroons […] kille by a harvester ant sting successfuly placed in the intersegmental membranes of the vinegaroon's crushing, claw-like pedipalps[.]2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 113

vinegaroon meaning in Tamil

vinegaroon in Tamil

சாட்டைத்தேள்

Forms of vinegaroon

pluralvinegaroons
alternative formvinagron
alternative formvinegarroon
alternative formvinegerone

Origin of vinegaroon

Borrowed from Spanish vinagrón, from vinagre (“vinegar”) + -ón (augmentative suffix). Influenced by vinegar.

Words that rhyme with vinegaroon

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Questions about vinegaroon

What does vinegaroon mean?
Vinegaroon means a whip scorpion (arachnid of order Thelyphonida), which when threatened may eject a liquid containing acetic acid.
What is vinegaroon in Tamil?
Vinegaroon in Tamil is சாட்டைத்தேள். See Vinegaroon meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is vinegaroon?
Vinegaroon is a noun.
How do you pronounce vinegaroon?
Vinegaroon is pronounced /ˌvɪnəɡəˈruːn/.
What is the plural of vinegaroon?
The plural of vinegaroon is vinegaroons.

Words near vinegaroon in the dictionary

  1. vinegarists
  2. vinegarless
  3. vinegarlike
  4. vinegarone
  5. vinegarones
  6. vinegaroon
  7. vinegaroons
  8. vinegarroon
  9. vinegarroons
  10. vinegars
  11. vinegarweed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vinegaroon (page history and authors); vinegaroon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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