SCORPIO

‖Scor″pi‐o (?), n.; pl. Scorpiones (#). [] 1. 1. (Zoöl.) A scorpion.
2. 2. (Astron.) (a) The eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the twenty-third day of October, marked thus 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.