What is "scorpiones"

Scorpiones \Scor`pi*o"nes\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) A division of arachnids comprising the scorpions.

Scorpio \Scor"pi*o\, n.; pl. Scorpiones. [L.]

1. (Zo["o]l.) A scorpion.

2. (Astron.)

   1. The eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the twenty-third day of October, marked thus [[scorpio]] in almanacs.

   2. A constellation of the zodiac containing the bright star Antares. It is drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a scorpion.

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