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Scorpiones :: Scorpiones (pl. ) of Scorpi.

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

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

Pulmonarian :: Pulmonarian (n.) Any arachnid that breathes by lunglike organs, as the spiders and scorpions. Also used adjectively..

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..

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

Nepa :: Nepa (n.) A genus of aquatic hemipterus insects. The species feed upon other insects and are noted for their voracity; -- called also scorpion bug and water scorpion.

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

Chelicera :: Chelicera (n.) One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are homologous with the falcers of spiders, and probably with the mandibles of insects..

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

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.

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

Water Scorpion :: Water scorpion () See Nepa.

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..

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..

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..

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

Sea Scorpion :: Sea scorpion () A European sculpin (Cottus scorpius) having the head armed with short spines.

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

Antares :: Antares (n.) The principal star in Scorpio: -- called also the Scorpion's Heart.

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