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Scorpion \Scor"pi*on\, n. [F., fr. L. scorpio, scorpius, Gr. ?, perhaps akin to E. sharp.]

1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting.

   Note: Scorpions have a flattened body, and a long, slender post-abdomen formed of six movable segments, the last of which terminates in a curved venomous sting. The venom causes great pain, but is unattended either with redness or swelling, except in the axillary or inguinal glands, when an extremity is affected. It is seldom if ever destructive of life. Scorpions are found widely dispersed in the warm climates of both the Old and New Worlds.

2. (Zo["o]l.) The pine or gray lizard ( Sceloporus undulatus). [Local, U. S.]

3. (Zo["o]l.) The scorpene.

4. (Script.) A painful scourge.

   My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
   --1 Kings xii. 11.

5. (Astron.) A sign and constellation. See Scorpio.

6. (Antiq.) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.

   Book scorpion. (Zo["o]l.) See under Book.

   False scorpion. (Zo["o]l.) See under False, and Book scorpion.

   Scorpion bug, or Water scorpion (Zo["o]l.) See Nepa.

   Scorpion fly (Zo["o]l.), a neuropterous insect of the genus Panorpa. See Panorpid.

   Scorpion grass (Bot.), a plant of the genus Myosotis. M. palustris is the forget-me-not.

   Scorpion senna (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous shrub ( Coronilla Emerus) having a slender joined pod, like a scorpion's tail. The leaves are said to yield a dye like indigo, and to be used sometimes to adulterate senna.

   Scorpion shell (Zo["o]l.), any shell of the genus Pteroceras. See Pteroceras.

   Scorpion spiders. (Zo["o]l.), any one of the Pedipalpi.

   Scorpion's tail (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus Scorpiurus, herbs with a circinately coiled pod; -- also called caterpillar.

   Scorpion's thorn (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant ( Genista Scorpius) of Southern Europe.

   The Scorpion's Heart (Astron.), the star Antares in the constellation Scorpio.

Swamp \Swamp\, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D. zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv["o]ppr, Dan. & Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo`s porous, spongy.] Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore. Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern. --Tennyson. A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only herbage, plants, and mosses. --Farming Encyc. (E. Edwards, Words). Swamp blackbird. (Zo["o]l.) See Redwing (b) . Swamp cabbage (Bot.), skunk cabbage. Swamp deer (Zo["o]l.), an Asiatic deer ( Rucervus Duvaucelli) of India. Swamp hen. (Zo["o]l.)

1. An Australian azure-breasted bird ( Porphyrio bellus); -- called also goollema.

2. An Australian water crake, or rail ( Porzana Tabuensis); -- called also little swamp hen.

3. The European purple gallinule.

   Swamp honeysuckle (Bot.), an American shrub ( Azalea viscosa syn. Rhododendron viscosa or Rhododendron viscosum) growing in swampy places, with fragrant flowers of a white color, or white tinged with rose; -- called also swamp pink and white swamp honeysuckle.

   Swamp hook, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling logs. Cf. Cant hook.

   Swamp itch. (Med.) See Prairie itch, under Prairie.

   Swamp laurel (Bot.), a shrub ( Kalmia glauca) having small leaves with the lower surface glaucous.

   Swamp maple (Bot.), red maple. See Maple.

   Swamp oak (Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak which grow in swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak ( Quercus palustris), swamp white oak ( Q. bicolor), swamp post oak ( Q. lyrata).

   Swamp ore (Min.), bog ore; limonite.

   Swamp partridge (Zo["o]l.), any one of several Australian game birds of the genera Synoicus and Excalfatoria, allied to the European partridges.

   Swamp robin (Zo["o]l.), the chewink.

   Swamp sassafras (Bot.), a small North American tree of the genus Magnolia ( M. glauca) with aromatic leaves and fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also sweet bay.

   Swamp sparrow (Zo["o]l.), a common North American sparrow ( Melospiza Georgiana, or M. palustris), closely resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy places.

   Swamp willow. (Bot.) See Pussy willow, under Pussy.