(astronomy): Scorpius / (astrology): The zodiac sign for the scorpion, ruled by Mars and covering October 23 - November 22 (tropical astrology) or November 16 - December 15 (sidereal astrology).

Someone with a Scorpio star sign

plural of Scorpio

Any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones, related to the spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a venomous sting in the end.

Any long-legged aquatic insect of the family Nepidae, commonly the species Nepa cinerea.

Any insect of the family Panorpidae having a curved tail rather like a scorpion. / The insect order Mecoptera or superorder Mecopterida.

The constellation and zodiacal sign Scorpio.

Someone with the Scorpio star sign.

(astrology) Of or relating to the Scorpio star sign.

(soccer) A rare type of kick in association football where the player dives headlong so his body flies parallel to the ground in a prone position and quickly extends his hips and flexes his knees backwards, so they resemble a scorpion's upright tail, to kick a football passing towards his heels, returning it in the direction it came.