Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A corruption of vinegerone.
Wiktionary
- n. A whip scorpion (Uropygid) that gives off a smell of vinegar when attacked.
Examples
“Animals on display include hissing cockroaches, scorpions, tarantulas, giant mealworms and the acid-spitting vinegaroon.”
“The best part about our presentation is that every kid, if they want to, can touch all of the bugs with the exception of the vinegaroon and the stag beetle, who don't like to be touched.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘vinegaroon’.
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-oons (once of more than one syllable)
Originally this list was to contain multisyllabic words that end in "oon," but as you can see from the comments, all hell broke loose.
doubloon, poltroon, spittoon, patroon, dragoon, bassoon, platoon, typhoon, rangoon, maroon, pontoon, monsoon and 96 more...
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harmonygritz's Google+ wordstream
Words I encounter on Google+, whether for the first time or after a long gap.
shambolic, mondegreen, infotention, purview, suppurate, lackadaisical, continuous partia..., vinegaroon, paraphasic, paraphasia
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Critters
cockle, cicada, appaloosa, brachiopod, bivalve, aye-aye, cygnet, alewife, chamois, ermine, drake, dugong and 381 more...
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Best beasts
agouti, doodlebug, colugo, yeti crab, gribble, unau, kudu, basenji, boomslang, triantelope, acouchy, hallucigenia and 75 more...
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Monster Blood Tattoo
foundling, wastrel, foundlingery, harundo, cudgel-master, culix, sustis, birchet, dispensurist, potive, vinegaroon, book child and 23 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for vinegaroon.
john See also vinegarroon. Mar 14, 2009
reesetee I've always heard that slag-ass macaroons were more dangerous. Mar 12, 2009
bilby Watch out for slag-ass vinegaroons. Jun 21, 2008
frogapplause Vinegaroons are amazing creatures. I used to have one. A large one. Jun 21, 2008
mollusque The whip scorpion, Mastigoproctus giganteus. Jun 13, 2008