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Scorpiones :: Scorpiones (n. pl.) A division of arachnids comprising the scorpions.

Scorpioidal :: Scorpioidal (a.) Having the inflorescence curved or circinate at the end, like a scorpion's tail..

Chelifer :: Chelifer (n.) See Book scorpion, under Book..

Scorpion :: Scorpion (n.) A painful scourge.

Sting :: Sting (v. t.) Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion..

Scorpiodea :: Scorpiodea (n. pl.) Same as Scorpiones.

Scorpion :: Scorpion (n.) The scorpene.

Scorpion :: 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..

Scorpionwort :: Scorpionwort (n.) A leguminous plant (Ornithopus scorpioides) of Southern Europe, having slender curved pods..

Trachearia :: Trachearia (n.pl.) A division of Arachnida including those that breathe only by means of tracheae. It includes the mites, ticks, false scorpions, and harvestmen..

Arthrogastra :: Arthrogastra (n. pl.) A division of the Arachnida, having the abdomen annulated, including the scorpions, harvestmen, etc.; pedipalpi..

Pedipalpi :: Pedipalpi (n pl.) A division of Arachnida, including the whip scorpions (Thelyphonus) and allied forms. Sometimes used in a wider sense to include also the true scorpions..

Pecten :: Pecten (n.) The comb of a scorpion. See Comb, 4 (b)..

Libra :: Libra (n.) A southern constellation between Virgo and Scorpio.

Scorpiones :: Scorpiones (pl. ) of Scorpi.

Sicklewort :: Sicklewort (n.) A plant of the genus Coronilla (C. scorpioides); -- so named from its curved pods.

Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) One of the apertures of the pulmonary sacs of arachnids. See Illust. of Scorpion.

Sea Scorpion :: Sea scorpion () The scorpene.

Pedipalpus :: Pedipalpus (n.) One of the second pair of mouth organs of arachnids. In some they are leglike, but in others, as the scorpion, they terminate in a claw..

Scorpion :: Scorpion (n.) The pine or gray lizard (Sceloporus undulatus).

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