Scorpion /(?)/
Scor·pi·on
Scorpion
n.
- Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting. (Zool.)
- The pine or gray lizard (Sceloporus undulatus). (Zool.) [Local, U. S.]
- The scorpene. (Zool.)
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A painful scourge. (Script.)
My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
- A sign and constellation. See Scorpio. (Astron.)
- An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles. (Antiq.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Book scorpion
- See under Book.
- False scorpion
- See under False, and Book scorpion.
- Scorpion bug
- See Nepa.
- Scorpion fly
- a neuropterous insect of the genus Panorpa. See Panorpid.
- Scorpion grass
- a plant of the genus Myosotis. Myosotis palustris is the forget-me-not.
- Scorpion senna
- a yellow-flowered leguminous shrub (Coronilla Emerus) having a slender joined pod, like a scorpion's tail. The leaves are said to yield a dye like indigo, and to be used sometimes to adulterate senna.
- Scorpion shell
- any shell of the genus Pteroceras. See Pteroceras.
- Scorpion spiders
- any one of the Pedipalpi.
- Scorpion's tail
- any plant of the leguminous genus Scorpiurus, herbs with a circinately coiled pod; -- also called caterpillar.
- Scorpion's thorn
- a thorny leguminous plant (Genista Scorpius) of Southern Europe.
- The Scorpion's Heart
- the star Antares in the constellation Scorpio.