||Scor"pi*o (?), n.; pl.
Scorpiones (#). [L.] 1.
(Zoöl.) A scorpion.
2. (Astron.) (a) The
eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the twenty-third
day of October, marked thus [&scorpio;] in almanacs.
(b) A constellation of the zodiac containing the
bright star Antares. It is drawn on the celestial globe in the figure
of a scorpion.
||Scor"pi*o (?), n.; pl.
Scorpiones (#). [L.] 1.
(Zoöl.) A scorpion.
2. (Astron.) (a) The
eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the twenty-third
day of October, marked thus [&scorpio;] in almanacs.
(b) A constellation of the zodiac containing the
bright star Antares. It is drawn on the celestial globe in the figure
of a scorpion.
