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

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

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.

Scorpio :: Scorpio (n.) A scorpion.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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..

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

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..

Scorpion :: Scorpion (n.) The scorpene.

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

Sea Scorpion :: Sea scorpion () The scorpene.

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