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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.
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any of various harmless lizards, especially the red- or orange-headed males of certain North American skinks.
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Bible. a whip or scourge that has spikes attached. I Kings 12:11.
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| scorpion (ˈskɔːpɪən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any arachnid of the order Scorpionida, of warm dry regions, having a segmented body with a long tail terminating in a venomous sting |
| 2. | false scorpion See book scorpion any small nonvenomous arachnid of the order Pseudoscorpionida (or Chelonethida), which superficially resemble scorpions but lack the long tail |
| 3. | any of various other similar arachnids, such as the whip scorpion, or other arthropods, such as the water scorpion |
| 4. | Old Testament a barbed scourge (I Kings 12:11) |
| 5. | history a war engine for hurling stones; ballista |
| [C13: via Old French from Latin scorpiō, from Greek skorpios, of obscure origin] | |
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scorpion
early 13c., 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 Arabic al-'aqrab.
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Scorpion definition
Twenty tools that can be used to construct specialised programming environments. The Scorpion Project was started by Prof. Richard Snodgrass
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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