Thesaurus: scorpion
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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Definitions
- 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.
- n. The pine or gray lizard (Sceloporus undulatus).
- n. The scorpene.
- n. A painful scourge.
- n. A sign and constellation. See Scorpio.
- n. An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.
- n. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Scorpio
- n. arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous stinger
- Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the orderscorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and acaudal sting.
- n:100 n. arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous stinger