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scorpiones


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scorpio  \Scor"pi*o\,  n.;  pl  {Scorpiones}.  [L.] 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  scorpion. 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scorpiones  \Scor`pi*o"nes\,  n.  pl  [NL.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  division  of  arachnids  comprising  the  scorpions. 




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