(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.

plural of scorpion volley

(soccer) A scorpion kick.

plural of false scorpion

plural of microwhip scorpion

A palpigrade.

pseudoscorpion (Pseudoscorpiones)

Any of the arachnids in the order Thelyphonida, which resemble scorpions (but are not true scorpions) and have a whip-like tail.

plural of whip scorpion