camel spider

camel spider

English

A camel spider

Noun

camel spider (plural camel spiders)

1. Any arachnid belonging to the order Solifugae.

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

Finnish: arolukki German: Walzenspinne f Navajo: zahalchíʼii

Russian: фала́нга (ru) f (falánga), сольпу́га (ru) f (solʹpúga), бихо́рка (ru) f (bixórka) Spanish: solífugo m Turkish: böğ (tr)

References

• camel spider on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Solifuge on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Solifuge on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons