Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Scorpiones"
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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