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scorpio
CIDE DICTIONARY
scorpio, n. [L.].
- A scorpion. [1913 Webster]
- The eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the twenty-third day of October, marked thus [
1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
scorpio, n. (pl. -os)
1 a constellation, traditionally regarded as contained in the figure of a scorpion.
2 a the eighth sign of the zodiac (the Scorpion). b a person born when the sun is in this sign.
1 a constellation, traditionally regarded as contained in the figure of a scorpion.
2 a the eighth sign of the zodiac (the Scorpion). b a person born when the sun is in this sign.
Derivative
Scorpian adj. & n.
Etymology
ME f. L (as SCORPION)
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