Look up: scorpion

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   Scorpion
   see 'scorpionidea'
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   scorpion
   [n] - arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous sting
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   Scorpion
   Submarine-launched cruise missile [SU;RU], Light reconnaissance vehicle [UK], Tank destroyer [US], Humvee fitted with Vasilyek 82mm mortar [US], Tank Destroyer [CH]
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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 (rts@cs.arizona.edu) 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 Un...
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   scorpion
   General term applying to the family scorpaenidae (Multiling. Dict. of Fish). Category: Management in the public and private sector
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   Scorpion
   Scor'pi·on noun [ French, from Latin scorpio , scorpius , Greek ..., perhaps akin to English sharp .] 1. (Zoology) Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting. » Scorpions have a flattened body, and a long, slender post- abdomen formed of six movable segment ...
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   scorpion
   1. <zoology> Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting. ... Scorpions have a flattened body, and a long, slender post-abdomen formed of six movable segments, the last of which terminates in a curved venomous sting. The venom causes great pa ...
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   scorpion
   noun arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous sting
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   Scorpion
   A `scorpion` is an arthropod with eight legs. It is a member of the Arachnida class and belongs to the order `Scorpiones`. There are about 2000 species of scorpions. They are found widely distributed south of 49š N, except New Zealand and Antarctica.
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    Scorpion
    • (n.) A sign and constellation. See Scorpio. • (n.) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles. • (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. • (n.) The scorpene. • (n.) The pine or gray lizard...
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    Scorpion
    (from the article `Equestrian Sports`) ...in Paris. Motivator was the third consecutive Derby winner that seemed to be unable to win again. Hurricane Run, the sixth Arc winner trained by ...
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    scorpion
    any of 1,400 elongated arachnid species characterized by a segmented curved tail tipped with a venomous stinger at the rear of the body and a pair of ... [5 related articles]
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    scorpion
    scorpion A venomous terrestrial arthropod in the class Arachnida, order Scorpionida. It is characterized by a five-segmented, flexible, tail-like postabdomen ending in the aculeus, or stinger, which is carried arched forward over its head. There are four pairs of legs and a large anterior pair of pedipalps with strong distal chelae or pincers. Scorpio...
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    scorpion
    A member of the order Scorpionida; includes the devil scorpion, Vejovis, and the hairy scorpion, Hadrurus. [G. skorpios]
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    scorpion
    scorpion, any arachnid of the order Scorpionida with a hollow poisonous stinger at the tip of the tail. Scorpions vary from about 1/2 in. to about 6 in. (1–15 cm) long; most are from 1 to 3 in. (2.5–7.6 cm) long. They are predominantly tropical or subtropical, but some species live in te...
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