Scor"pi*o (?), n.; pl. Scorpiones (#). [L.]
1. Zool.
A scorpion.
2. Astron. (a)
The eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the twenty-third day of October, marked thus [&scorpio;] in almanacs.
(b)
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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