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vinegarroon
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vinegarroon, n. [Cf. Sp. vinagre vinegar.].
A whip scorpion, esp. a large Mexican species (Thelyphonus giganteus ) popularly supposed to be very venomous; -- from the odor that it emits when alarmed. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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