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单词 scorpioid
释义

scorpioid

[ skawr-pee-oid ]
/ ˈskɔr piˌɔɪd /

adjective

resembling a scorpion.
belonging or pertaining to the Scorpionida, the order of arachnids comprising the scorpions.
curved at the end like the tail of a scorpion.

Origin of scorpioid

1830–40; <Latin scorpi(ō) scorpion + -oid

Words nearby scorpioid

scornful, scorpaenid, scorpaenoid, scorper, Scorpio, scorpioid, scorpion, scorpionfish, scorpionfly, scorpion grass, scorpion spider
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Example sentences from the Web for scorpioid

  • Here there are scorpioid cymes of pairs of flowers, each pair consisting of an older and a younger flower.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5|Various

  • Scorpioid or Scorpioidal, curved or circinate at the end, 77.

    The Elements of Botany|Asa Gray

  • Diagram of a scorpioid cyme, with opposite leaves or bracts.

    The Elements of Botany|Asa Gray

British Dictionary definitions for scorpioid

scorpioid
/ (ˈskɔːpɪˌɔɪd) /

adjective

of, relating to, or resembling scorpions or the order (Scorpionida) to which they belong
botany (esp of a cymose inflorescence) having the main stem coiled during development
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