vinegaroon
noun/ˌvɪnəɡəˈruːn/
Etymology Borrowed from Spanish vinagrón, from vinagre (“vinegar”) + -ón (augmentative suffix). Influenced by vinegar.
1
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[.]2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 113: