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Pedipalpida

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Ped·​i·​pal·​pi·​da

Definition of Pedipalpida

: an order of Arachnida limited to warm or tropical regions that includes the whip scorpions and other moderate-sized arachnids having an unsegmented cephalothorax and a segmented flattened abdomen, small often retractile 2-segmented chelicerae, large usually chelate pedipalps, and a slender many-jointed first pair of legs

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New Latin, from pedipalpus + -ida

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“Pedipalpida.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pedipalpida. Accessed 20 Oct. 2021.

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