Usually means: Arachnid with venomous tail stinger.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. scorpion: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. scorpion: Merriam-Webster
  3. scorpion, the Scorpion: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. scorpion: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. scorpion, the Scorpion: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Scorpion, scorpion: Vocabulary.com
  7. Scorpion, scorpion: Wordnik
  8. scorpion: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Scorpion, scorpion: Wiktionary
  10. scorpion: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. scorpion: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. scorpion: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. scorpion, the scorpion: Dictionary.com
  14. scorpion: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. scorpion: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  17. Scorpion: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. scorpion: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. scorpion: Rhymezone
  20. Scorpion: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. scorpion: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. scorpion: FreeDictionary.org
  23. scorpion: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. scorpion: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. Scorpion: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Natural Magick (No longer online)

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Scorpion: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Scorpion: CCI Computer
  3. scorpion: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. scorpion: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. scorpion: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Encyclopedia of the Orient (No longer online)

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Scorpion: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Scorpion: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  2. the scorpion: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  Any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones, related to the spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a venomous sting in the end.
noun:  (historical) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.
noun:  (figurative) A very spiteful or vindictive person.
noun:  A cheerleading move in which one foot is pulled back and held up with both hands while the performer stands on the other foot.
noun:  (obsolete, biblical) A whip with points like a scorpion's tail.
noun:  The constellation and zodiacal sign Scorpio.
noun:  Someone with the Scorpio star sign.
adjective:  (astrology) Of or relating to the Scorpio star sign.

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