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

Ara :: Ara (n.) The Altar; a southern constellation, south of the tail of the Scorpion..

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

Scorpio :: Scorpio (n.) A scorpion.

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..

Sea Scorpion :: Sea scorpion () The scorpene.

Pteroceras :: Pteroceras (n.) A genus of large marine gastropods having the outer border of the lip divided into lobes; -- called also scorpion shell.

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..

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.) A painful scourge.

Scorpion :: Scorpion (n.) A sign and constellation. See Scorpio.

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..

Insect :: Insect (n.) Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion..

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

Venom :: Venom (n.) Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; particularly, the poisonous, the poisonous matter which certain animals, such as serpents, scorpions, bees, etc., secrete in a state of health, and communicate by thing or stinging..

Scorpio :: Scorpio (n.) A constellation of the zodiac containing the bright star Antares. It is drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a scorpion.

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..

Comb :: Comb (n.) One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen of scorpions.

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

Scorpion :: Scorpion (n.) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.

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