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

1. 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