1) Scorpio
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1) US jet plane 2) American spy novel 3) Constellation, Scorpius 4) Constellation 5) Desert stinger 6) DOS game 7) Fictional inventor 8) Fictional secret agent 9) Fictional skeleton 10) French word used in English 11) Human 12) Individual 13) Italian superhero 14) Lizard or skink 15) Mortal 16) Mortal Kombat character
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Scorpions are predatory arthropod animals of the order Scorpiones within the class Arachnida. They have eight legs and are easily recognised by the pair of grasping pedipalps and the narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back, ending with a venomous stinger. Scorpions range in size from 9 mm (Typhlochacta...
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[Carmilla Black] Scorpion (Carmilla Black, born Thasanee Rappaccini) is a fictional character, a superhero in the {Marvel Universe}. She first appears in Amazing Fantasy (vol. 2) #7 and was created by Fred Van Lente and Leonard Kirk. ==Fictional character biography== After the vicious murder of her adoptive parents, Carmilla discovered her ...
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[Mortal Kombat] Scorpion is a recurring player and occasional boss character from the Mortal Kombat fighting game franchise created by Ed Boon and John Tobias. Making his debut as one of the original seven playable characters in Mortal Kombat in 1992, he is an undead ninja specter seeking revenge for his own death at the hands of Sub-Zero, ...
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[dinghy] The Scorpion is a class of small sailing dinghy. The Scorpion is a lightweight, high performance, two person racing dinghy. Its adjustable rig enables sailing in all weathers to crews of all weights, ages and experiences. The Scorpion was originally designed for launch and recovery through Cornish surf. Its 14ft hard chine planing ...
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[horse] Scorpion (foaled February 5, 2002) is a racehorse trained in Ireland by Aidan O`Brien, and owned by Sue Magnier and Michael Tabor. As a three-year-old in 2005 he won the Grand Prix de Paris (in record time) and the St. Leger Stakes. In 2007 he won the Coronation Cup. He now stands as a stallion for Coolmore`s National Hunt breeding ...
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[roller coaster] Scorpion is a steel looping roller coaster located at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida, United States. It opened in 1980 as a part of the newly added Timbuktu section that gave the park a complete circuit, linking the Congo section to the Nairobi section of the park. Scorpion, to this day, remains one of the most p...
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[solitaire] Scorpion is a Patience game using a deck of 52 playing cards. Although somewhat related to Spider, the method of game play is akin to Yukon. The object of this game is to form four columns of suit sequence cards from king down to ace. The game starts with 49 cards dealt into seven columns of seven cards each on the tableau. The ...
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• (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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(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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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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Any member of the arachnid order Scorpionidae; they have an elongate body and a poison sting at the end of abdomen.
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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 p...
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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. �...
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Scorpion is a popular name for any of several species of arachnids of the order Scorpionidea most familiar for the sting in their curled tail and two large pincers.
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A scorpion is a form of whip, formerly used as an instrument of torture, characterised by either having metal spikes included within its cords or the cords knotted.
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HMS Scorpion was a British River Gunboat of 700 tons displacement launched in 1937. HMS Scorpion was powered by Parsons geared turbines providing a top speed of 17 knots. She carried a complement of 93 and was fitted for service as the Flagship on the Yangtse River. HMS Scorpion was armed with two 4-inch anti-aircraft guns; one 3.7 inch howitzer; t...
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Scorpion is military slang for a civilian resident of Gibraltar.
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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. Sc...
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an Order of predatory arthropods in the Class Arachnida. They are known for their characteristic pincers and sting.
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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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noun arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous sting
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Any arachnid of the order Scorpiones, common in the tropics and subtropics. Scorpions have four pairs of walking legs, large pincers, and long tails ending in upcurved poisonous stings, though the venom is not usually fatal to a healthy adult human. Some species reach 25 cm/10 in. There are about...
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arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous stinger
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