SCORPION, skor'pi-un, _n._ a name applicable to any member of the family
_Scorpionidæ_, included along with spiders, mites, &c. in the heterogeneous
class _Arachnida_--they have an elongated body, claws like the lobster, and
a poisonous sting in the tail: one of the signs of the zodiac: (_B._) a
whip with points like a scorpion's tail: an old military engine: any person
of virulent hatred or animosity.--_n._ SCOR'PIO, a scorpion: (_astron._) a
constellation and the eighth sign of the zodiac.--_adj._ SCOR'PIOID, curled
like the tail of a scorpion.--_n._ SCOR'PION-BUG, a large predacious
water-beetle.--_n.pl._ SCORPI[=O]'NES, true scorpions, a sub-order of
_Arachnida_.--_ns._ SCOR'PION-FISH, a sea-scorpion; SCOR'PION-FLY, an
insect having its abdomen curled like a scorpion; SCOR'PION-GRASS, the
forget-me-not: the mouse-ear; SCORPION'IDA, an order of _Arachnida_,
containing the Scorpiones or true scorpions; SCOR'PION-LOB'STER, a
long-tailed crustacean; SCOR'PION-PLANT, a Javan orchid with large creamy
flower supposed to resemble a spider; SCOR'PION-SHELL, a gasteropod
distinguished by long, channelled spines; SCOR'PION-SP[=I]'DER, a
whip-scorpion; SCOR'PION-WORT, a leguminous plant native of southern
Europe; SCORPI[=U]'RUS, a genus of leguminous plants named scorpion's tail.
[Fr.,--L. _scorpio_--Gr. _skorpios_.]
SCORSE. Same as SCOURSE (2).
SCORTATORY, skor'ta-t[=o]-ri, _adj._ pertaining to lewdness. [L.
_scortator_, a fornicator--_scortum_, a whore.]