Scorpion

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sculpin \Scul"pin\, n. [Written also skulpin.] (Zool.)
     (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
         ({Scorpaenichthys marmoratus}); -- called also {bighead},
         {cabezon}, {scorpion}, {salpa}.
     (c) The dragonet, or yellow sculpin, of Europe ({Callionymus
         lyra}).
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     Note: The name is also applied to other related California
           species.
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     {Deep-water sculpin}, the sea raven.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scorpion \Scor"pi*on\, n. [F., fr. L. scorpio, scorpius, Gr. ?,
     perhaps akin to E. sharp.]
     1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids
        of the order {Scorpiones}, having a suctorial mouth, large
        claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting.
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     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.
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     2. (Zool.) The pine or gray lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}).
        [Local, U. S.]
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     3. (Zool.) The scorpene.
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     4. (Script.) A painful scourge.
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              My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will
              chastise you with scorpions.          --1 Kings xii.
                                                    11.
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     5. (Astron.) A sign and constellation. See {Scorpio}.
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     6. (Antiq.) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and
        other missiles.
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     {Book scorpion}. (Zool.) See under {Book}.
  
     {False scorpion}. (Zool.) See under {False}, and {Book
        scorpion}.
  
     {Scorpion bug}, or {Water scorpion} (Zool.) See {Nepa}.
  
     {Scorpion fly} (Zool.), a neuropterous insect of the genus
        {Panorpa}. See {Panorpid}.
  
     {Scorpion grass} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Myosotis}.
        {Myosotis 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} (Zool.), any shell of the genus Pteroceras.
        See {Pteroceras}.
  
     {Scorpion spiders}. (Zool.), 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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Scorpion
       n 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)