spricket

English

Noun

spricket (plural sprickets)

1. Any member of the order Schizomida, a group of arachnids also called short-tailed whip-scorpions.
   • 2020 October 28, Flora Perrella, “Researchers count 13 new species of fanged arachnids in the Pilbara”, in Western Australian Museum‎^[1], Western Australian Museum, retrieved February 29, 2024:

     The sprickets live their entire lives in underground habitats such as caves and small spaces in rock formations in the Pilbara.

2. Any member of the family Rhaphidophoridae, a group of orthopterans also called cave crickets.