vinegaroon

/ˌvɪnəɡəˈruːn/

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vinagrón, from vinagre (“vinegar”) + -ón (augmentative suffix). Influenced by vinegar.

vinegaroon means A whip scorpion (arachnid of order Thelyphonida), which when threatened may eject a liquid containing acetic acid. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 92 out of 100.

vinegaroon is pronounced /ˌvɪnəɡəˈruːn/.

noun

A whip scorpion (arachnid of order Thelyphonida), which when threatened may eject a liquid containing acetic acid.“I have found dead vinegaroons […] kille by a harvester ant sting successfuly placed in the intersegmental membranes of the vinegaroon's crushing, claw-like pedipalps[.]”