SCORPION
\skˈɔːpi͡ən], \skˈɔːpiən], \s_k_ˈɔː_p_iə_n]\
Definitions of SCORPION
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- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Scorpio
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the eighth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about October 23 to November 21
By Princeton University
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(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Scorpio
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the eighth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about October 23 to November 21
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting.
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The pine or gray lizard (Sceloporus undulatus).
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A sign and constellation. See Scorpio.
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An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.
By Oddity Software
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Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting.
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The pine or gray lizard (Sceloporus undulatus).
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A sign and constellation. See Scorpio.
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An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.
By Noah Webster.
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Arthropods of the order Scorpiones, of which 1500 to 2000 species have been described. The most common live in tropical or subtropical areas. They are noctural and feed principally on insects and other arthropods. They are large arachnids but do not attack man spontaneously. They have a venomous sting. Their medical significance varies considerably and is dependent on their habits and venom potency rather than on their size. At most, the sting is equivalent to that of a hornet but certain species possess a highly toxic venom potentially fatal to humans. (From Dorland, 27th ed; Smith, Insects and Other Arthropods of Medical Importance, 1973, p417; Barnes, Invertebrate Zoology, 5th ed, p503)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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An insect with claws like the lobster, and armed with a poisonous sting in its tail: one of the signs of the zodiac: (B.) a whip with points like a scorpion's tail.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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An arachnid with claws like a lobster and a sting in its tail; a painful scourge, being a whip armed with points like a scorpion's tail; the eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters on the Oct. 23.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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A genus of insects having a sting at the extremity of their tail, with which they make dangerous wounds. An Oil of Scorpion was once made from them, which is not now used.
By Robley Dunglison
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n. [Latin, Greek] A sort of spider having an elongated body, terminated by a long, slender tail formed of six joints, the last of which terminates in a very acute sting, which effuses a venomous liquid a painful scourge;—The eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 23 d day of October.
