sea scorpion
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Noun
[edit]sea scorpion (plural sea scorpions)
- A European sculpin, Myoxocephalus scorpius (synonym Cottus scorpius), having the head armed with short spines.
- Any extinct chelicerate arthropod in the order Eurypterida.
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[edit]References
[edit]- “sea scorpion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.