0 a small creature similar to an insect that lives in hot, dry areas of the world and has a long body and a curved tail with a poisonous sting (= pointed part that can go through skin) -- 蠍
You held out your hand for an egg, and fate put into it a scorpion.
So in fact, it is more like a crab or a scorpion than a dog.
The mating behavior of male scorpion flies is an often-cited example.
In his view, the venom is inoculated by the fangs of a snake, or the spur of a scorpion, which, he says, he observed to be hollow.
While arthropods such as spiders and scorpions are notoriously venomous organisms that utilize their toxins for protection as well as predation, the advantages for ticks being toxic is unclear.
Suppose that someone should point to a counter-example to all this overflowing benefaction - a creature like the scorpion, which does not seem to do much good to anyone.
For example, a gene that helps to fight fungal infection is common to scorpions, shellfish and radishes.
You do not mess about with a scorpion when you find it in the bathroom.
