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scor⋅pi⋅on

  [skawr-pee-uhn]
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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

Related forms:
scor⋅pi⋅on⋅ic  [skawr-pee-on-ik] , adjective
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scor·pi·on   (skôr'pē-ən)   
n.  

  1. 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.

  2. Scorpion See Scorpius.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin scorpiō, scorpiōn-, alteration of scorpius, from Greek skorpios.]
Scor·pi·us   (skôr'pē-əs)   
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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Medical Dictionary

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
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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