Crossword-Solution: SCORPION
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Scorpion | n. | Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting. |
| Scorpion | n. | The pine or gray lizard (Sceloporus undulatus). |
| Scorpion | n. | The scorpene. |
| Scorpion | n. | A painful scourge. |
| Scorpion | n. | A sign and constellation. See Scorpio. |
| Scorpion | n. | An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EARET
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greedy person
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Sentences with SCORPION (5)
And now thir way to Earth they had descri’d, To Paradise first tending, when behold _Satan_ in likeness of an Angel bright Betwixt the _Centaure_ and the _Scorpion_ stearing His _Zenith_, while the Sun in _Aries_ rose: Disguis’d he came, but those his Children dear Thir Parent soon discern’d, though in disguise.
The Scorpion, showing his sting, said: “If you had but touched me, my friend, you would have lost me, and all your locusts too!” The Cock and the Jewel A COCK, scratching for food for himself and his hens, found a precious stone and exclaimed: “If your owner had found thee, and not I, he would have taken thee up, and have set thee in thy first estate; but I have found thee for no purpose.
His visit was not long, but before he went he fixed a scorpion in the heart of Charlotte, whose venom embittered every future hour of her life.
The why and the wherefore of that scorpion--how it got on board and came to select his room rather than the pantry (which was a dark place and more what a scorpion would be partial to), and how on earth it managed to drown itself in the inkwell of his writing desk--had exercised him infinitely.
After this Zeus, at one prayer of Artemis and Leto, put him among the stars, because of his manliness, and the scorpion also as a memorial of him and of what had occurred.
Quotes with SCORPION (3)
Take the matter as you find it ask no questions, utter no remonstrances; it is your best wisdom. You expected bread and you have got a stone: break your teeth on it, and don't shriek because the nerves are martyrised; do not doubt that your mental stomach - if you have such a thing - is strong as an ostrich's; the stone will digest. You held out your hand for an egg, and fate put into it a scorpion. Show no consternation; close your fingers firmly upon the gift; let it sting …
Hold your venom Do you recognise the instinctin me, fellow scorpion?
If it is not strong upon your heart to practice what you read, to what end do you read? To increase your own condemnation? If your light and knowledge be not turned into practice, the more knowing a man you are, the more miserable a man you will be in the day of recompense; your light and knowledge will more torment you than all the devils in hell. Your knowledge will be that rod that will eternally lash you, and that scorpion that will forever bite you, and that worm that wi…
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 25 times in crossword archives (1943–2023).