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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.

A scorpion.

Same as Scorpiones.

Having the inflorescence curved or circinate at the end, like a scorpion's tail.

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

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.

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.

A whip scorpion, esp. a large Mexican species (Thelyphonus giganteus) popularly supposed to be very venomous; -- from the odor that it emits when alarmed.

ing), a roll or bar, behind the reeds in a loom, on which the warp threads rest. -- Whip scorpion (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of arachnids belonging to Thelyphonus and allied genera. They somewhat resemble true scorpions, but have a long, slender bristle, or lashlike organ, at the end of the body, instead of…