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scor·pi·on

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1.	any of numerous arachnids of the order Scorpionida, widely distributed in warmer parts of the world, having a long, narrow, segmented tail that terminates in a venomous sting.

2.	the Scorpion, Astronomy. Scorpius.

3.	any of various harmless lizards, esp. the red- or orange-headed males of certain North American skinks.

4.	Bible. a whip or scourge that has spikes attached. I Kings 12:11.

[Origin: 1175–1225; ME < L scorpiōn- (s. of scorpiō), equiv. to scorp(ius) scorpion (< Gk skorpíos) + -iōn- n. suffix, perh. after pāpiliō (s. pāpiliōn-) butterfly, or stelliō (s. stelliōn-) gecko

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n.

Any of various arachnids of the order Scorpionida, of warm dry regions, having a segmented body and an erectile tail tipped with a venomous sting.
Scorpion See Scorpius.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin scorpiō, scorpiōn-, alteration of scorpius, from Greek skorpios.]

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Scor·pi·us Audio Help (skôr'pē-əs) Pronunciation Key
n. A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Libra and Sagittarius, containing the bright red star Antares. Also called Scorpio, Scorpion.

[Latin scorpius, scorpion, Scorpius; see scorpion.]

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scorpion

c.1225, from O.Fr. scorpion, from L. scorpionem (nom. scorpio), extended form of scorpius, from Gk. skorpios "a scorpion," from PIE base *(s)ker- "to cut" (see shear). The Sp. alacran "scorpion" is from Ar. al-aqrab.

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scorpion
noun
1.	(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Scorpio [syn: Scorpio]
2.	the eighth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about October 23 to November 21 [syn: Scorpio]
3.	arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous stinger

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scorpion [ˈskoːpiən] noun

an animal of the same class as spiders that has a tail with a sting

Arabic:	عَقْرَب
Chinese (Simplified):	蝎子
Chinese (Traditional):	蠍子
Czech:	štír
Danish:	skorpion
Dutch:	schorpioen
Estonian:	skorpion
Finnish:	skorpioni
French:	scorpion
German:	der Skorpion
Greek:	σκορπιός
Hungarian:	skorpió
Icelandic:	sporðdreki
Indonesian:	kalajengking
Italian:	scorpione

Japanese:	さそり
Korean:	전갈
Latvian:	skorpions
Lithuanian:	skorpionas
Norwegian:	skorpion
Polish:	skorpion
Portuguese (Brazil):	escorpião
Portuguese (Portugal):	escorpião
Romanian:	scorpion
Russian:	скорпион
Slovak:	škorpión
Slovenian:	škorpijon
Spanish:	escorpión, alacrán
Swedish:	skorpion
Turkish:	akrep

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Main Entry: scor·pi·on
Pronunciation: 'skor-pE-&n
Function: noun
: any of an order (Scorpionida) of arachnids that have an elongated bodyand a narrow segmented tail bearing a venomous stinger at the tip

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Scorpion
Twenty tools that can be used to construct specialised programming environments. The Scorpion Project was started by Prof. Richard Snodgrass as an outgrowth of the SoftLab Project (which produced the IDL Toolkit) that he started when he was at the University of North Carolina. The Scorpion Project is directed by him at the University of Arizona and by Karen Shannon at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Version 6.0 runs on Sun-3, Sun-4, VAX, Decstation, Iris, Sequent, HP9000.
See also Candle.
(ftp://cs.arizona.edu/scorpion/).
Mailing list: info-scorpion-request@cs.arizona.edu.
E-mail: .
(1993-11-04)

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Scorpion

Pseu`do*scor`pi*o"nes\, n. pl. [NL. See Pseudo-, and Scorpion.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.

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