Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scorpion \Scor"pi*on\, n. [F., fr. L. scorpio, scorpius, Gr. ?,
   perhaps akin to E. sharp.]
   1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of pulmonate
      arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial
      mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting.

   Note: Scorpions have a flattened body, and a long, slender
         post-abdomen formed of six movable segments, the last
         of which terminates in a curved venomous sting. The
         venom causes great pain, but is unattended either with
         redness or swelling, except in the axillary or inguinal
         glands, when an extremity is affected. It is seldom if
         ever destructive of life. Scorpions are found widely
         dispersed in the warm climates of both the Old and New
         Worlds.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) The pine or gray lizard ({Sceloporus
      undulatus}). [Local, U. S.]

   3. (Zo["o]l.) The scorpene.

   4. (Script.) A painful scourge.

            My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will
            chastise you with scorpions.          --1 Kings xii.
                                                  11.

   5. (Astron.) A sign and constellation. See {Scorpio}.

   6. (Antiq.) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and
      other missiles.

   {Book scorpion}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Book}.

   {False scorpion}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {False}, and {Book
      scorpion}.

   {Scorpion bug}, or {Water scorpion} (Zo["o]l.) See {Nepa}.

   {Scorpion fly} (Zo["o]l.), a neuropterous insect of the genus
      {Panorpa}. See {Panorpid}.

   {Scorpion grass} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Myosotis}. {M.
      palustris} is the forget-me-not.

   {Scorpion senna} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous shrub
      ({Coronilla Emerus}) having a slender joined pod, like a
      scorpion's tail. The leaves are said to yield a dye like
      indigo, and to be used sometimes to adulterate senna.

   {Scorpion shell} (Zo["o]l.), any shell of the genus
      Pteroceras. See {Pteroceras}.

   {Scorpion spiders}. (Zo["o]l.), any one of the Pedipalpi.

   {Scorpion's tail} (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus
      {Scorpiurus}, herbs with a circinately coiled pod; -- also
      called {caterpillar}.

   {Scorpion's thorn} (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant
      ({Genista Scorpius}) of Southern Europe.

   {The Scorpion's Heart} (Astron.), the star Antares in the
      constellation Scorpio.

Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[=i]n, L. pinus.]
   1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See
      {Pinus}.

   Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United
         States, of which the {white pine} ({P. Strobus}), the
         {Georgia pine} ({P. australis}), the {red pine} ({P.
         resinosa}), and the great West Coast {sugar pine} ({P.
         Lambertiana}) are among the most valuable. The {Scotch
         pine} or {fir}, also called {Norway} or {Riga pine}
         ({Pinus sylvestris}), is the only British species. The
         {nut pine} is any pine tree, or species of pine, which
         bears large edible seeds. See {Pinon}. The spruces,
         firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly
         considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other
         genera.

   2. The wood of the pine tree.

   3. A pineapple.

   {Ground pine}. (Bot.) See under {Ground}.

   {Norfolk Island pine} (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree,
      the {Araucaria excelsa}.

   {Pine barren}, a tract of infertile land which is covered
      with pines. [Southern U.S.]

   {Pine borer} (Zo["o]l.), any beetle whose larv[ae] bore into
      pine trees.

   {Pine finch}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Pinefinch}, in the Vocabulary.
      

   {Pine grosbeak} (Zo["o]l.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola
      enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both
      hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with
      red.

   {Pine lizard} (Zo["o]l.), a small, very active, mottled gray
      lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}), native of the Middle
      States; -- called also {swift}, {brown scorpion}, and
      {alligator}.

   {Pine marten}. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) A European weasel ({Mustela martes}), called also
          {sweet marten}, and {yellow-breasted marten}.
      (b) The American sable. See {Sable}.

   {Pine moth} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small
      tortricid moths of the genus {Retinia}, whose larv[ae]
      burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often
      doing great damage.

   {Pine mouse} (Zo["o]l.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola
      pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine
      forests.

   {Pine needle} (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves
      of a pine tree. See {Pinus}.

   {Pine-needle wool}. See {Pine wool} (below).

   {Pine oil}, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir
      and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.
      

   {Pine snake} (Zo["o]l.), a large harmless North American
      snake ({Pituophis melanoleucus}). It is whitish, covered
      with brown blotches having black margins. Called also
      {bull snake}. The Western pine snake ({P. Sayi}) is
      chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.

   {Pine tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Pinus}; pine.

   {Pine-tree money}, money coined in Massachusetts in the
      seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a
      figure of a pine tree.

   {Pine weevil} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
      weevils whose larv[ae] bore in the wood of pine trees.
      Several species are known in both Europe and America,
      belonging to the genera {Pissodes}, {Hylobius}, etc.

   {Pine wool}, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming
      them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the
      Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic
      arts; -- called also {pine-needle wool}, and {pine-wood
      wool}.

Source : WordNet®

Sceloporus undulatus
     n : small active lizard of United States and north to British
         Columbia [syn: {eastern fence lizard}, {pine lizard}]