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noun

Scorpio n. (pl. scorpiones)

(Zool.) A scorpion.

(Astron.)

(a)

The eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the twenty-third day of October.

(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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Etymology of 'Scorpio'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Scorpio" Quotes from Famous Books

... Scorpio and its red-green gem, Ophiuchus, Sagittarius, Scutum Sobieskii, Capricornus, Serpens, Hercules, ...

— Pleasures of the telescope • Garrett Serviss

... Virgin! that's our first love; we marry and think to be happy for aye, when pop comes Libra, or the Scales —happiness weighed and found wanting; and while we are very sad about that, Lord! how we suddenly jump, as Scorpio, or the Scorpion, stings us in rear; we are curing the wound, when whang come the arrows all round; Sagittarius, or the Archer, is amusing himself. As we pluck out the shafts, stand aside; here's the battering-ram, Capricornus, or the Goat; full tilt, ...

— Moby-Dick • Melville

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