scorpion : Idioms & Phrases

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Book scorpion

  • noun minute arachnid sometimes found in old papers
    Chelifer cancroides.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), one of the false scorpions (Chelifer cancroides) found among books and papers. It can run sidewise and backward, and feeds on small insects.
Webster 1913

False scorpion

  • noun small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion
    pseudoscorpion.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), any arachnid of the genus Chelifer. See Book scorpion.
Webster 1913

scorpio the scorpion

  • noun the eighth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about October 23 to November 21
    Scorpio; Scorpion.
WordNet

Scorpion bug, ∨ Water scorpion

  • (Zoöl.) See Nepa.
Webster 1913

scorpion fish

  • noun marine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spines
    scorpionfish; scorpion fish.
WordNet

Scorpion fly

  • noun any of various mecopterous insects of the family Panorpidae of the northern hemisphere having a long beak and long antennae; males have a tail like that of a scorpion except it is not venomous
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), a neuropterous insect of the genus Panorpa. See Panorpid.
Webster 1913

Scorpion grass

  • (Bot.), a plant of the genus Myosotis. M. palustris is the forget-me-not.
Webster 1913

Scorpion shell

  • noun any of numerous tropical marine snails that as adults have the outer lip of the aperture produced into a series of long curved spines
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), any shell of the genus Pteroceras. See Pteroceras.
Webster 1913

Scorpion spiders

  • . (Zoöl.), any one of the Pedipalpi.
Webster 1913

scorpion weed

  • noun any plant of the genus Phacelia
    scorpionweed; phacelia.
WordNet

Scorpion's tail

  • (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus Scorpiurus, herbs with a circinately coiled pod; also called caterpillar.
Webster 1913

Scorpion's thorn

  • (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant (Genista Scorpius) of Southern Europe.
Webster 1913

sea scorpion

  • noun marine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spines
    scorpionfish; scorpion fish.
WordNet
Sea" scor"pi*on
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) A European sculpin (Cottus scorpius) having the head armed with short spines. (b) The scorpene.
Webster 1913

Sorpion 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.
Webster 1913

The Scorpion's Heart

  • (Astron.), the star Antares in the constellation Scorpio.
Webster 1913

water scorpion

  • noun long-legged aquatic insect having the front legs fitted for seizing and holding prey and the abdomen extended by a long breathing tube
WordNet
Wa"ter scor"pi*on
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) See Nepa.
Webster 1913

Whip scorpion

  • noun nonvenomous arachnid that resembles a scorpion and that has a long thin tail without a stinger
    whip scorpion.
WordNet
  • (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 a sting.
Webster 1913

whip-scorpion

  • noun nonvenomous arachnid that resembles a scorpion and that has a long thin tail without a stinger
    whip scorpion.
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