scorpioid

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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)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or appearing like a scorpion.
  2. (botany) Resembling a scorpion's tail; circinate.
    a scorpioid cyme

Translations

Noun

scorpioid (plural scorpioids)

  1. 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.