scorpiones

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scorpiones - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Scorpio \Scor"pi*o\, n.; pl. Scorpiones. [L.]
     1. (Zool.) A scorpion.
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     2. (Astron.)
        (a) The eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters
            about the twenty-third day of October, marked thus
            [[scorpio]] in almanacs.
        (b) A constellation of the zodiac containing the bright
            star Antares. It is drawn on the celestial globe in
            the figure of a scorpion.
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  Scorpiones \Scor`pi*o"nes\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zool.)
     A division of arachnids comprising the scorpions.
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