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Scorpion
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Description: "This order, sometimes called the Pedipalpi, or feet-feelers, and which derives its name from the Greek polus, many mera, divisions, and somata, bodies, includes two families, the first of which is the Scorpiondae, characterized by their elongated tail-like abdomen, armed at its extremity with a sort of hooked claw, which, when the creatures are in motion, is always carried over the back in a most threatening attitude." — Goodrich, 1859
Source: S. G. Goodrich Animal Kingdom Illustrated Vol 2 (New York: Derby & Jackson, 1859)
Keywords: scorpion, spider, arachnid, polymerosomata, arachnid
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