Scorpiones

See also: scorpiones

Translingual

Scorpio maurus palmatus of the Scorpiones

Etymology

From Latin scorpiones (“plural of scorpio”), ultimately from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos).

Proper noun

Scorpiones

A taxonomic order within the class Arachnida – scorpions.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Chelicerata – subphylum; Arachnida – class

Hyponyms

(order): Neoscorpionina (subclass)
- †Mesoscorpionina, †Cyclophthalmoidea (extinct subclasses)

References

Scorpion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Scorpiones on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Scorpiones on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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