camel spider

English

A camel spider

Noun

camel spider (plural camel spiders)

Any fast-moving, predatory desert arachnid belonging to the order Solifugae having massive paired chelicerae and a long body covered with tactile hairs.

Usage notes

Camel spiders are not true spiders.

Synonyms

red roman, solifuge, solifugid, sun spider, wind scorpion
jerrymander, jerrymunglum (dated)

Translations

arachnid belonging to the order Solifugae

Armenian: փաղանգ (hy) (pʿaġang), բով (hy) (bov) (dialectal)
Azerbaijani: böyə
Catalan: solífug m
Dutch: rolspin f, bastaardspin f
Finnish: arolukki
French: solifuge (fr) m
German: Walzenspinne f
Hebrew: עַכְשׁוּב (he) m ('achshúv)
Italian: solifugo m
Navajo: zahalchíʼii
Portuguese: solífugo m, solpugídeo m
Russian: фала́нга (ru) f (falánga), сольпу́га (ru) f (solʹpúga), бихо́рка (ru) f (bixórka)
Seri: catax quip
Spanish: solífugo m
Swedish: skorpionspindel c, kamelspindel c
Tat: bö
Turkish: böğ (tr)

References

camel spider on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Solifugae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Solifugae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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