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Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting.

A division of arachnids comprising the scorpions.

Same as Scorpiones.

A leguminous plant (Ornithopus scorpides) of Southern Europe, having curved pods.

An order of Arachnoidea having the palpi terminated by large claws, as in the scorpions, but destitute of a caudal sting; the false scorpions. Called also Pseudoscorpii, and Pseudoscorpionina. See Illust. of Book scorpion, under Book.

A European sculpin (Cottus scorpius) having the head armed with short spines.

See Nepa.

The principal star in Scorpio: -- called also the Scorpion's Heart.

The Altar; a southern constellation, south of the tail of the Scorpion.

A division of the Arachnida, having the abdomen annulated, including the scorpions, harvestmen, etc.; pedipalpi.

One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are homologous with the falcers of spiders, and probably with the mandibles of insects.

See Book scorpion, under Book.

One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen of scorpions.

s. -- False token, a false mark or other symbol, used for fraudulent purposes. -- False scorpion (Zoöl.), any arachnid of the genus Chelifer. See Book scorpion. -- False tack (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and filling away again on the same tack. -- False vampire (Zoöl.), the Vampyrus spectrum of South America,…

sensation excited by contact of (a thing) with the body or limbs. Who feel Those rods of scorpions and those whips of steel. Creecn.

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.

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).