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scorpioid

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scor⋅pi⋅oid

  [skawr-pee-oid]
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–adjective
1. resembling a scorpion.
2. belonging or pertaining to the Scorpionida, the order of arachnids comprising the scorpions.
3. curved at the end like the tail of a scorpion.
Origin:
1830–40; < L scorpi(ō) scorpion + -oid
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scor·pi·oid   (skôr'pē-oid')   
adj.  

  1. Of, relating to, or resembling a scorpion.

  2. Botany Like the tail of a scorpion; circinate: a scorpioid cyme.


[Greek skorpioeidēs, scorpionlike : skorpios, scorpion + -oeidēs, -oid.]
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