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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σκορπιοειδής (skorpioeidḗs, “scorpionlike”), from σκορπίος (skorpíos, “scorpion”) + εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”).
Adjective
scorpioid (comparative more scorpioid, superlative most scorpioid)
- Of, pertaining to, or appearing like a scorpion.
- (botany) Resembling a scorpion's tail; circinate.
- a scorpioid cyme
Translations
Noun
scorpioid (plural scorpioids)
- A scorpion-like creature.
1842, Proceedings of the Geological Society of London, volume 3, page 504:M. Corda justly considers these two fossil scorpioids of Bohemia (the only two of which any account has been yet published) to be among the most remarkable discoveries of modern times.
1938, Heber Wilkinson Youngken, A College Textbook of Pharmaceutical Botany, page 592:Inflorescence a raceme of dichasial or scorpioid cymes, at times condensed into a dichasium of scorpioids or a simple scorpioid cyme.