scorpion
pronunciation
How to pronounce scorpion in British English:
UK [ˈskɔ:piən]
How to pronounce scorpion in American English:
US [ˈskɔrpiən]
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- Noun:
- arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous sting
Word Origin
- scorpion (n.)
- c. 1200, from Old French scorpion (12c.), from Latin scorpionem (nominative scorpio), extended form of scorpius, from Greek skorpios "a scorpion," from PIE root *(s)ker- (1) "to cut" (see shear (v.)). The Spanish alacran "scorpion" is from Arabic al-'aqrab.
Example
- 1. Scorpio the scorpion style is quality instead of quantity .
- 2. Stewed turtle cures cancer , crocodile meat relieves asthma , pangolin scales regulate menstruation and scorpion venom helps stroke victims .
- 3. I was sitting watching television when s came in to tell me she had seen a scorpion in the bathroom .
- 4. The poet 's mind and the scorpion 's tail rise in glory from the same earth .
- 5. I suppose , like the parable of the scorpion who cannot resist stinging the frog carrying him across the river , it is just what we do .