scorpioid

[skawr-pee-oid]

adjective

resembling a scorpion.
belonging or pertaining to the Scorpionida, the order of arachnids comprising the scorpions.
curved at the end like the tail of a scorpion.

Origin of scorpioid

1830–40; < Latin scorpi(ō) scorpion + -oid

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Examples from the Web for scorpioid

Historical Examples of scorpioid

Diagram of a scorpioid cyme, with opposite leaves or bracts.
The Elements of Botany
Asa Gray
Scorpioid or Scorpioidal, curved or circinate at the end, 77.
The Elements of Botany
Asa Gray
Here there are scorpioid cymes of pairs of flowers, each pair consisting of an older and a younger flower.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5
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British Dictionary definitions for scorpioid

scorpioid

adjective

of, relating to, or resembling scorpions or the order (Scorpionida) to which they belong
botany (esp of a cymose inflorescence) having the main stem coiled during development

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