Definition of Order Scorpionida

1. Noun. True scorpions.

Exact synonyms: Scorpionida
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Arachnida, Class Arachnida
Member holonyms: Scorpion

Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Scorpionida

order Rodentia
order Rosales
order Rubiales
order Salicales
order Salientia
order Santalales
order Sapindales
order Saprolegniales
order Sarcosporidia
order Sarraceniales
order Saurischia
order Sauropterygia
order Scandentia
order Sclerodermatales
order Scleroparei
order Scorpionida (current term)
order Scrophulariales
order Secotiales
order Selaginellales
order Siluriformes
order Siphonaptera
order Siphonophora
order Sirenia
order Solenichthyes
order Solenogastres
order Spatangoida
order Sphaeriales
order Sphaerocarpales
order Sphagnales
order Sphenisciformes

Literary usage of Order Scorpionida

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Spider Book: A Manual for the Study of the Spiders and Their Near by John Henry Comstock (1912)
"Order SCORPIONIDA Tbe Scorpions The order Scorpionida (Scor-pi-on'i-da) includes only the scorpions. Although these creatures do not live in the North, ..."

2. A Text-book in General Zoölogy by Glenn Washington Herrick (1907)
"Order — Scorpionida. Type of Order. Buthus carolinus — Scorpion. Order — Araneida. Types of Order. Epeira species — Spider. Mygale species — Trapdoor spider ..."

3. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"Scorpion, arthropod animals forming the order Scorpionida of the class Arachnida (qv), which also includes the spiders, mites, ticks, etc. ..."

4. Economic Zoology: An Introductory Text-book in Zoology, with Special by Herbert Osborn (1908)
"... order Scorpionida. — The scorpions are among the oldest of the terrestrial Arthropoda known geologically, their present distribution being confined to ..."

5. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1920)
"These arachnids belong to the order Scorpionida. The scorpions of temperate climates are usually small but in the tropics ..."

6. Medical and Veterinary Entomology: A Textbook for Use in Schools and by William Brodbeck Herms (1915)
"SCORPIONS Class Arachnida, order Scorpionida Characteristics of the Scorpionida. — The most striking characteristics of the scorpions are, first, ..."

7. A Laboratory Guide to the Study of Parasitology by William Brodbeck Herms (1913)
"EXERCISE 21b VENOMOUS SPIDERS AND SCORPIONS CLASS ARACHNIDA, ORDER ARANEIDA AND order Scorpionida A. The most venomous of our few dangerous spiders is Lac- ..."

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