scorpion

English Thesaurus

1. arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous stinger (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arachnid, arachnoid,
definition	:	air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	order scorpionida, scorpionida,
definition	:	true scorpions (noun.animal)

2. the eighth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about October 23 to November 21 (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	house, mansion, planetary house, sign, sign of the zodiac, star sign,
definition	:	(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided (noun.location)

3. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Scorpio (noun.person)

hypernym	:	individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul,
definition	:	a human being (noun.tops)

domain category	:	astrology, star divination,
definition	:	a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon (noun.cognition)