sting of scorpion is in its tail

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• scorpion — ► NOUN ▪ an arachnid with lobster like pincers and a poisonous sting at the end of its tail. ORIGIN Greek skorpios scorpion …   English terms dictionary

• scorpion — noun 1》 an arachnid with lobster like pincers and a poisonous sting at the end of its tail. [Order Scorpiones.]     ↘used in names of similar arachnids and insects, e.g. false scorpion. 2》 (scorpions) literary a whip with metal points. [with… …   English new terms dictionary

• Tail Sting — Infobox Film name = Tail Sting caption = director = Paul Wynne producer = Vicky Pike Morris Ruskin Paul Wynne writer = Timothy Griffin Peter Soby Jr. starring = Laura Putney Robert Merrill Shirly Brener Gulshan Grover Tara Price Jean Carol… …   Wikipedia

• scorpion — n. 1 an arachnid of the order Scorpionida, with lobster like pincers and a jointed tail that can be bent over to inflict a poisoned sting on prey held in its pincers. 2 (in full false scorpion) a similar arachnid of the order Pseudoscorpionida,… …   Useful english dictionary

• Scorpion — n. 1 an arachnid of the order Scorpionida, with lobster like pincers and a jointed tail that can be bent over to inflict a poisoned sting on prey held in its pincers. 2 (in full false scorpion) a similar arachnid of the order Pseudoscorpionida,… …   Useful english dictionary

• sting — sting1 [stıŋ] v past tense and past participle stung [stʌŋ] [: Old English; Origin: stingan] 1.) [I and T] if an insect or a plant stings you, it makes a very small hole in your skin and you feel a sharp pain because of a poisonous substance ▪ He …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• sting — [[t]stɪ̱ŋ[/t]] stings, stinging, stung 1) VERB If a plant, animal, or insect stings you, a sharp part of it, usually covered with poison, is pushed into your skin so that you feel a sharp pain. [V n] The nettles stung their legs... [V n] I jumped …   English dictionary

• Scorpion — For other uses see Scorpion (disambiguation) Scorpion Temporal range: Silurian–Recent …   Wikipedia

• scorpion — scorpionic /skawr pee on ik/, adj. /skawr pee euhn/, n. 1. any of numerous arachnids of the order Scorpionida, widely distributed in warmer parts of the world, having a long, narrow, segmented tail that terminates in a venomous sting. 2. the… …   Universalium

• Sting jet — A sting jet is a meteorological phenomenon which is believed to be the cause of the most damaging winds in European windstorms.Following reanalysis of the Great Storm of 1987, led by Professor Keith Browning at the University of Reading,… …   Wikipedia

• Short-tail stingray — Conservation status …   Wikipedia