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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Scorpion \Scor"pi*on\, noun [F., fr. L. scorpio, scorpius, Gr. ?, perhaps akin to E. sharp.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order {Scorpiones}, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting.
Note: 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 pain, but is unattended either with redness or swelling, except in the axillary or inguinal glands, when an extremity is affected. It is seldom if ever destructive of life. Scorpions are found widely dispersed in the warm climates of both the Old and New Worlds.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The pine or gray lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}). [Local, U. S.]
3. (Zo["o]l.) The scorpene.
4. (Script.) A painful scourge.
My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. --1 Kings xii. 11.
5. (Astron.) A sign and constellation. See {Scorpio}.
6. (Antiq.) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.
{Book scorpion}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Book}.
{False scorpion}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {False}, and {Book scorpion}.
{Scorpion bug}, or {Water scorpion} (Zo["o]l.) See {Nepa}.
{Scorpion fly} (Zo["o]l.), a neuropterous insect of the genus {Panorpa}. See {Panorpid}.
{Scorpion grass} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Myosotis}. {M. palustris} is the forget-me-not.
{Scorpion senna} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous shrub ({Coronilla Emerus}) having a slender joined pod, like a scorpion's tail. The leaves are said to yield a dye like indigo, and to be used sometimes to adulterate senna.
{Scorpion shell} (Zo["o]l.), any shell of the genus Pteroceras. See {Pteroceras}.
{Scorpion spiders}. (Zo["o]l.), any one of the Pedipalpi.
{Scorpion's tail} (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus {Scorpiurus}, herbs with a circinately coiled pod; -- also called {caterpillar}.
{Scorpion's thorn} (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant ({Genista Scorpius}) of Southern Europe.
{The Scorpion's Heart} (Astron.), the star Antares in the constellation Scorpio.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sculpin \Scul"pin\, noun [Written also skulpin.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of marine cottoid fishes of the genus {Cottus}, or {Acanthocottus}, having a large head armed with several sharp spines, and a broad mouth. They are generally mottled with yellow, brown, and black. Several species are found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America. (b) A large cottoid market fish of California ({Scorp[ae]nichthys marmoratus}); -- called also {bighead}, {cabezon}, {scorpion}, {salpa}. (c) The dragonet, or yellow sculpin, of Europe ({Callionymus lyra}).
Note: The name is also applied to other related California species.
{Deep-water sculpin}, the sea raven.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Scorpion
noun
1: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Scorpio [syn: {Scorpio}]
2: the eighth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about October 23 to November 21 [syn: {Scorpio}, {Scorpio the Scorpion}]
3: arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous sting
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "scorpion": arachnid, arthropod, beetle, bug, caterpillar, centipede, chilopod, daddy longlegs, diplopod, fly, harvestman, hexapod, insect, larva, maggot, millepede, millipede, mite, nymph, spider, tarantula, tick
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
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)
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