Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

book-scorpion

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables
book-s-cor-pi-on
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

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What does book-scorpion mean?
A pseudoscorpion; an arachnid belonging to the order Pseudoscorpiones.
Where does book-scorpion come from?
So called because they may be found among dusty books, where they prey on booklice etc.

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