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

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..

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

Pseudoscorpiones :: Pseudoscorpiones (n. pl.) An order of Arachnoidea having the palpi terminated by large claws, as in the scorpions, but destitute of a caudal sting; the false scorpions. Called also Pseudoscorpii, and Pseudoscorpionina. See Illust. of Book scorpion, under Book..

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..

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..

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..

Scorpio :: Scorpio (n.) A scorpion.

Sea Scorpion :: Sea scorpion () The scorpene.

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

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

Water Scorpion :: Water scorpion () See Nepa.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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