- Any of various arachnids of the order Scorpionida, of warm, dry regions, having a segmented body and an erectile tail tipped with a venomous sting.蝎：任一种蝎目的蜘蛛类节肢动物，生活在温暖，干燥地区，身体呈节状，有一个直立带毒刺的尾巴
- Middle English 中古英语
- from Old French 源自 古法语
- from Latin scorpiō scorpiōn- 源自 拉丁语 scorpiō scorpiōn-
- alteration of scorpius scorpius的变化
- from Greek skorpios 源自 希腊语 skorpios