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(British, dated) Synonym of camel spider (arachnid of the order Solifugae).
The well known Galeodes, is very common in arid countries, and is popularly known as a "Jerrymunglum." It is a harmless arthropod.
Your correspondence about contests staged between scorpions and spiders recalls a small military cantonment in Hyderabad (Deccan) in 1893. We were a small community, and one of our after-dinner amusements was to stage jerrymunglum v. Scorpion contests within the confines of an inverted finger bowl.
Jerrymunglums are relatives of the spiders and scorpions and are not true insects.
Use jerrymunglum when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Jerrymunglum means (British, dated) Synonym of camel spider (arachnid of the order Solifugae).
Common synonyms include camel spider.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The well known Galeodes, is very common in arid countries, and is popularly known as a "Jerrymunglum." It is a harmless arthropod.
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