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

ing plant (Cucurbita pepo) and its fruit, -- used for cooking and for feeding stock; a pompion. Pumpkin seed. (a) The flattish oval seed of the pumpkin. (b) (Zoöl.) The common pondfish.

o mark in a notable manner; to distinquish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to piont out. [Obs.] Thou art a man remarked to taste a mischief. Ford. His manacles remark him; there he sits. Milton.

se camphor (Chem.), a solid odorless substance which separates from rose oil. -- Rose campion. (Bot.) See under Campion. -- Rose catarrh (Med.), rose cold. -- Rose chafer. (Zoöl.) (a) A common European beetle (Cetonia aurata) which is often very injurious to rosebushes; -- called also rose beetle, and rose fly. (b)…

A saying; a proverb; a maxim. His champions are the prophets and apostles, His weapons holy saws of sacred writ. Shak.

A scorpion.

Same as Scorpiones.

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

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

ze, rank, quality, or value; as, a second-rate ship; second-rate cloth; a second-rate champion. Dryden.

-- Seed weevil (Zoöl.), any one of numerous small weevels, especially those of the genus Apion, which live in the seeds of various plants. -- Seed wool, cotton wool not yet cleansed of its seeds. [Southern U.S.]

One who sprints; one who runs in sprint races; as, a champion sprinter.

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

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.…

ar; hence, firm; resolute; dauntless. With hearts stern and stout. Chaucer. A stouter champion never handled sword. Shak. He lost the character of a bold, stout, magnanimous man. Clarendon. The lords all stand To clear their cause, most resolutely stout. Daniel.

A tampion. Johnson (Dict.).

See Tampion. Farrow.

A delicate person; one not inured to the hardship and rudeness of pioneer life. [Slang, Western U.S.]

Any contest of skill in which there are many contestents for championship; as, a chess tournament.

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