scorpion dagger (skorpiondag"er)

[Tr. Hind. bichhwā, a small stiletto with a curved blade, dia. Scorpiones (skôr-pi-ō'nēz), n. pl. [NL., pl. of L. scorpio(n-), scorpion: see scorpion.] True scorpions as a suborder of Arachnid a: distinguished from Pseudos corp i ones: synonymous with Scorpionida. scorpion-fish (skôr pi-on-fish), n. A fish of the family Scorpænidæ and genus Scorpæna; a sea scorpion: so called on account of the spines of the head and fins. See cut under Scorpæna. scorpion-fly (skôr pi-on-fli), n. A neuropterous insect of the family Panorpidæ, and especially of the genus Panorpa: so called from the forceps-like apparatus at the end of the slender abdomen of the male, and the tendency of the abdomen to curl like the tail of a scorpion. P. communis is a European example. See cut under Panorpa.