scorpions
Tailed venomous arachnids
Scorpions are arachnids with pincers and a curved tail ending in a venomous stinger.
They inhabit warm regions worldwide and hunt insects and small prey.
The plural often appears in warnings about desert environments: Check your boots for scorpions.
Scorpio, the zodiac sign, takes its name from the constellation shaped like a scorpion.
Surprise strike from concealment
- pincersGripping tool or claws
- preyAnimal being hunted
- insectsSix-legged arthropods
- spidersWeb-spinning eight-legged creatures
crickets · hunting · nocturnal · carnivore · capture · grasp · sting · paralyze
Venom-injecting body part
- pincersGripping tool or claws
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
- arthropodJointed-limb invertebrate phylum
- invertebrateAnimal sans backbone
molting · nocturnal · burrow · carapace · eight-legged · segmented · deathstalker · emperor
Sharp wound from insect
- toxinBiological-origin harm agent
- neurotoxinPoison attacking neural tissue
- envenomationInjection of animal poison
- antivenomSerum countering toxic bites
painful · cytotoxin · hemotoxin · paralysis · lethal · anaphylaxis · toxicology · peptides
Zodiac-based fortune telling
- astrologyDivination by celestial positions
- ScorpioEighth zodiac sign
- PlutoKuiper Belt dwarf world
- MarsRed planet, war deity
October · November · constellation · passionate · intense · secretive · determined · resourceful
ambush
Surprise strike from concealment
spiders · crickets · hunting · nocturnal · carnivore · capture · grasp · sting · paralyze · crush
stinger
Venom-injecting body part
- pincersGripping tool or claws
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
- arthropodJointed-limb invertebrate phylum
invertebrate · molting · nocturnal · burrow · carapace · eight-legged · segmented · deathstalker · emperor · fat-tailed
sting
Sharp wound from insect
- toxinBiological-origin harm agent
- neurotoxinPoison attacking neural tissue
- envenomationInjection of animal poison
antivenom · painful · cytotoxin · hemotoxin · paralysis · lethal · anaphylaxis · toxicology · peptides · stung
horoscope
Zodiac-based fortune telling
Mars · October · November · constellation · passionate · intense · secretive · determined · resourceful · magnetic
dunes
Wind-formed sand ridges
Gobi · burrow · nocturnal · hiding · rocks · survivalist · heat · drought · Arizona · Sonoran
German
Central European language
- desertsand, sand dunes, sand dune, dune, dunes
- arachnidsspider, spiders, arachnid, tick, ticks
- Desert Safaricamels, sand dunes, dune buggies, jeeps, sandboarding
- ground crittersmice, rats, ants, cockroaches, spiders
- Arabian ecologycamels, desert ecosystem, desert plants, dunes, gazelles
- Joshua TreeJoshua trees, yuccas, yucca, rock formations, Mojave Desert
scorpionsbutterflies
Fluttering insects or nervousness
ladybugs · fireflies · caterpillars · earthworms · pill bugs
- scorpion stingArachnid's venomous puncture
- Scorpion KingMythologized early Egyptian pharaoh
- scorpion venomToxic fluid from stinger
- giant scorpionLarge venomous arthropod monster
- scorpion bowlMulti-person tiki cocktail
- sea scorpionExtinct aquatic arthropod predator