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shall imp her crippled wing. Holmes. Help, ye tart satirists, to imp my rage With all the scorpions that should whip this age. Cleveland.

Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion.

mber, marked thus libra in almanacs, etc. (b ) A southern constellation between Virgo and Scorpio.

The Wolf, a constellation situated south of Scorpio.

A whip scorpion. [Florida]

cts. The species feed upon other insects and are noted for their voracity; -- called also scorpion bug and water scorpion.

The comb of a scorpion. See Comb, 4 (b).

A division of Arachnida, including the whip scorpions (Thelyphonus) and allied forms. Sometimes used in a wider sense to include also the true scorpions.

second pair of mouth organs of arachnids. In some they are leglike, but in others, as the scorpion, they terminate in a claw.

y lizard (Sceloporus undulatus), native of the Middle States; -- called also swift, brown scorpion, and alligator. -- Pine marten. (Zoöl.) (a) A European weasel (Mustela martes), called also sweet marten, and yellow-breasted marten. (b) The American sable. See Sable. -- Pine moth (Zoöl.), any one of several species o…

e marine gastropods having the outer border of the lip divided into lobes; -- called also scorpion shell.

Any arachnid that breathes by lunglike organs, as the spiders and scorpions. Also used adjectively.

d market fish of California (Scorpænichthys marmoratus); -- called also bighead, cabezon, scorpion, salpa.

A constellation on the equator, lying between Scorpio and Hercules; -- called also Ophiuchus.

A plant of the genus Coronilla (C. scorpioides); -- so named from its curved pods.

One of the apertures of the pulmonary sacs of arachnids. See Illust. of Scorpion.

with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion.…

ncluding those that breathe only by means of tracheæ. It includes the mites, ticks, false scorpions, and harvestmen.

Producing but one axis of inflorescence; -- said of the scorpioid cyme.

articularly, the poisonous, the poisonous matter which certain animals, such as serpents, scorpions, bees, etc., secrete in a state of health, and communicate by thing or stinging. Or hurtful worm with cankered venom bites. Milton.