Synonyms for scorpion
ˈskɔr pi ənscor·pi·on

Princeton's WordNet

1. Scorpio, Scorpionnoun

   (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Scorpio

2. Scorpio, Scorpio the Scorpion, Scorpionnoun

   the eighth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about October 23 to November 21

3. scorpionnoun

   arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous stinger

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1. List of paraphrases for "scorpion":

   scorpio, jade, scorpius

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1. Robert Ballard:

   We knew where the subs were, what they wanted me to do was go back and not have the Russians follow me, because we were interested in the nuclear weapons that were on the Scorpion and also what the nuclear reactors( were) doing to the environment.

2. Ed Davis:

   If you’re calling it the SCORPION unit, what message are you sending to the officers who are in it and to the community… Scorpions sting. one of my first meetings I went to as a new police commissioner in Boston, I went to Mission Hill and listened to a group of 200-300 young black men who told me our units were jumping out of the cars and tipping guys upside down to see if a gun would come out. I went back and met with the gang unit after that, and I made it very clear that this was not the mission that I wanted accomplished. … You can’t make everybody who’s between the age of 15 and 25 a suspect.

3. Ashima:

   Projecting planning as coincidence requires great skills or a scorpion!

4. Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland:

   The other side of it is the culture, if you’re calling it the SCORPION unit, what message are you sending to the officers who are in it and to the community… Scorpions sting.

5. Tyre Nichols:

   They worked in teams, most officers on the team participated in an arrest, so if all the people are going to be on a Scorpion team, I think it could be hard for the [district attorney] to piece that case back together once it’s been tainted by the Scorpion [unit].