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

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

Scorpio :: Scorpio (n.) A scorpion.

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

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

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

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..

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..

Sea Scorpion :: Sea scorpion () The scorpene.

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

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..

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..

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

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.

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..

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

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