Scorpion Sentence Examples

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  • The scorpion and the centipede are both common.

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  • He scraped sand over the scorpion, burying it from her view.

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  • The tarantula spider and the scorpion are found in the south of Italy.

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  • Ages before Assur-bani-pal reigned at Nineveh the eighth month (Marchesvan) was known as " the month of the star of the Scorpion," the tenth (Tebet) belonged to the " star of the Goat," the twelfth (Adar) to the " star of the Fish of Ea."

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  • Between the two and at the highest point of the arc, so far as morphological differentiation is concerned, stands the scorpion; near to it in the trilobite's direction (that is, on the ascending side) are Limulus and the Eurypterines - with a long gap, due to obliteration of the record, separating them from the trilobite.

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  • He did so and a large scorpion fell out.

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  • The scorpion, whose sting is sometimes fatal, is common.

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  • A lizard man fires a gun at a giant scorpion.

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  • The maceration of the soft parts of a scorpion preserved in weak spirit and the cleaning of the chitinized in-grown 1nus cuticle give rise to the false appearance of a limb axis carrying the lamellae.

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  • The scorpion is abundant.

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  • The animal still has a number of unusual features, even for a water scorpion.

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  • However there was no sight of the much dreaded desert scorpion, spiders or snakes.

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  • Treatment of a scorpion sting Pain at the site of the sting can sometimes be limited with an ice cube.

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  • Each can be readily compared with the single-layered lateral eye of the scorpion.

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  • The Scorpion's so-called Malpighian tubes are not the same organs as those so named in the other Tracheata.

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  • Renal excretory caeca (Malpighian tubes) are developed from the proctodaeum (not from mesenteron as in scorpion and Amphipoda).

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  • Besides the ordinary European scorpion, which is general in southern Europe, there is another species, the sting of which is said to be still more severe, found chiefly in the basin of the Ebro.

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  • Between these two extremes the other parts and organs of the body were distributed among the remaining signs of the zodiac, the neck being assigned to the Bull, the shoulders and arms to the Gemini (or twins), the breast to Cancer, the flanks to Leo, the bladder to Virgo, the buttocks to the Balance, the pubis to the Scorpion, the thighs to Sagittarius, the knees to Capricorn, and the limbs to Aquarius.

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  • If Mercury is in the sign of the Scorpion he will be bald, &c."

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  • More... Toffee Scorpion - £ 4.95 Open up and say... aargh!

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  • Scorpion fish were abundant but luckily the one I almost squashed didn't take offense.

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  • An interesting if brief history of the real life Scorpion King, presuming such a man existed that is.

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  • Bonfinius describes a Hungarian battle formation called the scorpion where infantry formed its body and the warwagons and cavalry formed the pincers.

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  • We gave a black scorpion a piece of Beef to see what it could do with it.

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  • Orion's vulnerability was proven by the lowly but deadly scorpion.

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  • The excitement of the evening was finding a scorpion in our wash basin.

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  • I never saw a scorpion in person, but if I did I'd do my best to trap and release it.

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  • A Northern Ireland woman has been stung by a rare scorpion during a visit to her local supermarket.

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  • This type of sea scorpion is from the Silurian period.

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  • The 8.5m Scorpion is well suited to the full width luxuriously upholstered aft seat which is integrated with the outboard well.

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  • The scorpion is rare, but large and venomous spiders are common.

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  • The spiders are specialized and reduced in apparent complexity, as compared with the scorpions, but they cannot be regarded as degenerate since the concentration of structure which occurs in them results in greater efficiency and power than are exhibited by the scorpion.

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  • The muscles acting on the bulb-like pharynx now set up a pumping action (see Huxley, 26); and the juices - but no solid matter, excepting such as is reduced to powder - are sucked into the scorpion's alimentary canal.

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  • The typical bas relief, which is found in great abundance in the museums of Europe, invariably represents Mithras, under the form of a youth with conical cap and flying drapery, slaying the sacred bull, the scorpion attacking the genitals of the animal, the serpent drinking its blood, the dog springing towards the wound in its side, and frequently, in addition, the Sun-god, his messenger the raven, a fig-tree, a lion, a ewer, and torch-bearers.

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  • The sacred beasts in the various temples, tame as far as possible, were of almost every conceivable variety, from the vulture to the swallow or the goose, from the lion to the shrew-mouse, from the hippopotamus to the sheep and the monkey, from the crocodile to the tortoise and the cobra, from the carp to the eel; the scorpion and the scarab beetle were perhaps the strangest in this strange company of deities.

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  • We gave a black Scorpion a piece of Beef to see what it could do with it.

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  • Orion 's vulnerability was proven by the lowly but deadly Scorpion.

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  • A scorpion fell out and she gasped in horror, flipping it away with her boot.

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  • These segments are very mobile, and as the rove-beetles run along they often curl the abdomen upwards and forwards like the tail of a scorpion.

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  • The bite of the scorpion and of the numerous spiders produces no serious effects.

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  • They are not specially sensitive under ordinary conditions, and may be touched or even pinched without causing any discomfort to the scorpion.

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  • Bernard (13B) showed that the opening remains in the adult scorpion.

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  • It is very probable that in Scorpio they do not serve merely to secrete a digestive fluid (shown in other Arthropoda to resemble the pancreatic fluid), but that they also become distended by the juices of the prey sucked in by the scorpion - as certainly must occur in the case of the simple unbranched gastric caeca of the spiders.

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  • The female scorpion is viviparous, and the young are produced in a highly developed condition as fully formed scorpions.

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  • It is all the more remarkable that the scorpion proves to be the oldest animal form of high elaboration which has persisted to the present day.

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  • It is probable that the Silurian scorpion was an aquatic animal, and that its respiratory lamellae were still projecting from the surface of the body to serve as branchiae.

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  • Bourne (24), the poison exuded by the sting has no injurious effect on another scorpion nor on the scorpion itself.

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  • The stories of a scorpion stinging itself to death when placed in a circle of burning coals are due to erroneous observation.

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  • When placed in such a position the scorpion faints and becomes inert.

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  • It is found (Bourne, 24) that some species of scorpion faint at a temperature of 4 0 0 Cent.

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  • It is probably only sickly adults or young children of the human race who can be actually killed by a scorpion's sting.

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  • By the crushing action of their pincers, and an alternate backward and forward movement, they bring the soft blood-holding tissues of the victim close to the minute pin-hole aperture which is the scorpion's mouth.

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  • A scorpion appears to prefer for its food another scorpion, and will suck out the juices of an individual as large as itself.

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  • When this has taken place, the gorged scorpion becomes distended and tense in the mesosomatic region.

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  • Endemic inferior animals and mammals are practically non-existent, except two bats and one scorpion, which are allied to Madagascar species or introduced.

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  • The earlier Greek writers - Eudoxus, Eratosthenes, Hipparchus - knew of only eleven zodiacal symbols, but made one do double duty, extending the Scorpion across the seventh and eighth divisions.

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  • Other carving full of detail is on the great mace-heads of Narmer and the Scorpion king, where scenes of ceremonials are minutely engraved in relief.

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  • As in Syria, watered by the Orontes, an image, the lower remedy part of which was a scorpion, cured the sting of against scorpions and freed the city from snakes.

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  • The Gila-monster, tarantula, the scorpion and thelyphonus, scolopender and julus occur in some localities in the rainy season.

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  • Immunity of the same nature can be acquired in the same way against snake and scorpion poisons, and against certain vegetable toxins, e.g.

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  • Thelyphonus and its allies, however, have a long tactile caudal flagellum, the homologue of the scorpion's sting; but its exact use is unknown.

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  • The simplest form to which they may be reduced is seen in the genital operculum of the scorpion.

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  • The Malpighian tubes of Hexapods are outgrowths of the proctodaeum, but those of Scorpion and the Amphipod Crustacea are part of the metenteron or endodermal gut, though originating near its junction with the proctodaeum.

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  • I never saw a scorpion in person, but if I did I 'd do my best to trap and release it.

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  • Scorpion venom The sketch writers are the best read chroniclers of the passing parliamentary pageant.

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  • The study focussed on baculovirus containing scorpion toxin because that construction has been most widely studied.

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  • Then I saw a scorpion fish, about 5 cms in length among the rocks.

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  • First aid for scorpion bites is similar to that of spider bites.

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  • Stainless Steel Scorpion stainless steel silencers are available in either round or oval section.

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  • Choose from vodka flavor with a scorpion or tequila flavor with a worm.

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  • In 2001, Johnson landed the supporting role in The Mummy Returns as the Scorpion King and later, a leading role in the follow up film The Scorpion King.

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  • The Mummy Returns earned $433 million and The Scorpion King, while not as successful, still earned a respectable $165 million worldwide.

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  • Scorpion Senna (Coronilla Emerus) - An elegant loose bush, 3 to 6 feet high, in mild seasons, remaining green through the winter.

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  • Scorpion Iris (Iris Alata) - A beautiful bulbous kind with fine large blossoms, the ground color delicate lilac-blue, with showy blotches of bright yellow, copiously spotted with a darker hue.

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  • Python was the oldest of the park's coasters; the next most senior ride still operating is the Scorpion, a compact coaster built in 1980 near the site Python formerly occupied.

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  • It appears that Scorpion is an undead hell-spawned warrior whose loyalty changes depending on what is offered.

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  • Scorpion's biggest rival and comrade, the original Sub-Zero (the current Sub-Zero is this character's younger brother) is rumoured to have descended a race of Outworld cryomancers who can control the element of ice.

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  • Eventually he was killed by Scorpion and resurrected as Noob Saibot.

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  • Some of these were updated versions of old friends, like Scorpion and Liu Kang.

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  • Weapons - larger inventory available, while keeping some of the original favorites like the Tommy Gun, Scorpion and Flashbag grenade.

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  • You'll also get to drive vehicles like the Scorpion, an unstoppable juggernaut of a tank.

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  • Our logo is a very cool-looking gold scorpion.

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  • Some astrologers believe that this represents the scorpion tail ready to strike.

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  • It'll take an emotionally evolved Scorpion to be able to hang on to an air sign, and likewise for the air sign.

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  • Scorpios are represented by the scorpion for a reason, and their sting can produce severe results.

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  • Truly, this scorpion is a passionate, sensual, but sometimes difficult lover.

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  • The scorpion is the symbol for Scorpio, and that wicked stinger tail is no myth.

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  • Overall, Cancer makes a good life mate for the scorpion.

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  • Scorpion knows no boundaries, while Virgo creates them with his cautious nature.

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  • Peter Facinelli is known for many film roles from Can't Hardly Wait, Riding In Cars With Boys, Fastlane, The Scorpion King to Hollow Man 2.

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  • The venomous scorpion, tail curled, is the symbol of Scorpio.

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  • The goddess Serket becomes a scorpion, and she is sometimes depicted as a woman with a scorpion on her head.

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  • However, a cheerleading heel stretch is also a foundation element for many more complicated flyer stunts, though it is not the same stretch needed for a scorpion or bow and arrow.

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  • K.D. Aubert - Aubert has been in films The Friday After Next and The Scorpion King and has guest starred on a number of television shows and music videos.

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  • The apparent axis or basal support of the scorpion's lung-books shown in the figures, is a false or secondary axis and merely a part of the infolded surface which forms the air-chamber.

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  • The scorpion's entosternite gives rise to outgrowths, besides the great posterior flaps, pf, which form the diaphragm, unrepresented in Limulus.

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  • A, Diagram of a retinula of the central eye of a scorpion consisting of five retina-cells (ret), with adherent branched pigment cells (pig).

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  • The scorpion, attacking the genitals of the bull, is sent by Ahriman from the lower world to defeat the purpose of the sacrifice; the dog, springing towards the wound in the bull's side, was venerated by the Persians as the companion of Mithras; the serpent is the symbol of the earth being made fertile by drinking the blood of the sacrificial bull; the raven, towards which Mithras turns his face as if for direction, is the herald of the Sun-god, whose bust is near by, and who has ordered the sacrifice; various plants near the bull, and heads of wheat springing from his tail, symbolize the result of the sacrifice; the cypress is perhaps the tree of immortality.

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  • What did you do with that scorpion this morning - go back and eat it?

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  • The Silurian scorpion Palaeophonus, differs, so far as obvious points are concerned, from a modern scorpion only in the thickness of its legs and in their terminating in strong spike-like joints, instead of being slight and provided with a pair of terminal claws.

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