Category:Scorpio

Scor"pi*o, n.; pl. Scorpiones. Etym: [l.]

1. (zoöl.)

Defn: 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.