scorpion Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the Order (biology), order Scorpiones. They have eight legs and are easily recognized by a pair of Chela (organ), grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward cur ...

is a predatory arthropod animal. Scorpion may also refer to:

Computing and technology

Scorpion (computer) The Scorpion ZS-256 was a very widespread ZX Spectrum clone produced in St. Petersburg by Sergey Zonov (same person behind the "Leningrad" clone). Introduced in 1991, it was fitted with a Zilog Z80B processor, a AY-3-8910 sound chip, whilst ...

, a Russian ZX Spectrum clone computer *

Scorpion (CPU) Scorpion is a central processing unit (CPU) core designed by Qualcomm for use in their Snapdragon mobile systems on chips (SoCs). It was released in 2008. It was designed in-house, but has many architectural similarities with the ARM Cortex-A8 a ...

, a Qualcomm CPU used in smart phones

Film and television

* ''Scorpion'' (2007 film), a French film * ''Scorpion'' (2018 film), an Uzbek film * ''The Scorpion'' (film), a 1990 Egyptian drama film * ''Scorpion'' (TV series), an American drama series broadcast on CBS from 2014 to 2018 * "Scorpion" (''Star Trek: Voyager''), a 1997 episode of ''Star Trek: Voyager''

Gaming

Scorpion (solitaire) Scorpion is a patience or solitaire card game using a deck of 52 playing cards. Although somewhat related to Spider, the method of game play is akin to Yukon. The object of this game is to form four columns of suit sequence cards from king down t ...

, a card game * ''Scorpion'' (video game), a 1989 video game * '' Scorpion: Disfigured'', a 2009 German computer game * Scorpion (''Mortal Kombat''), a video game character * Scorpion, a wrestler in the video game ''

Saturday Night Slam Masters ''Saturday Night Slam Masters'', known in Japan as is a 1993 pro wrestling fighting game developed and published by Capcom for arcades. The game features character designs by manga artist Tetsuo Hara, famous for ''Fist of the North Star''. Th ...

Literature

Scorpion (publishing house) Scorpion (Скорпион) was a Russian publishing house which played an important role in the development of Russian symbolism in the early 1900s. History Scorpion was founded in 1899 by the philanthropist and translator Sergey A. Polyakov, ...

, an early-1900s Russian book publisher *''The Scorpion'', a title used for one issue in 1939 by the pulp magazine '' The Western Raider'' * ''The Scorpion'' (novel), a 1982 novel by Zayd Mutee' Dammaj * ''Scorpion'' (novel), a 1985 spy thriller by Andrew Kaplan * ''Scorpions'' (novel), a 1988 novel by Walter Dean Myers

Comics

Scorpion (Marvel Comics) S'Byll S'Byll (sometimes spelled S'byll) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. S'Byll is a Skrull that was raised on the planet Satriani. She was responsible for curing Super-Skrull of his disease. Si ...

, a number of Marvel Comics comics characters including: **

Mac Gargan MacDonald "Mac" Gargan is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, the character First appearance, first appeared in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #19 (December ...

, a supervillain and frequent enemy of Spider-Man, the third Venom and a member of the Dark Avengers as the Black Spider-Man, but is back to "being" Scorpion. **

Scorpion (Carmilla Black) Scorpion (Carmilla Black, born Thasanee Rappaccini) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She first appears in ''Amazing Fantasy'' (vol. 2) #7 and was created by Fred Van Lente and Leonard Kirk. ...

/Thanasee Rappaccini, first appeared in ''Amazing Fantasy'' vol. 2 #7 and was created by Fred Van Lente and Leonard Kirk. **

Silver Scorpion S'Byll S'Byll (sometimes spelled S'byll) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. S'Byll is a Skrull that was raised on the planet Satriani. She was responsible for curing Super-Skrull of his disease. Si ...

(Elizabeth Barstow) first appeared in ''Daring Mystery Comics'' #7 (April 1941). **

Kron Stone S'Byll S'Byll (sometimes spelled S'byll) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. S'Byll is a Skrull that was raised on the planet Satriani. She was responsible for curing Super-Skrull of his disease. Si ...

, an enemy of Spider-Man 2099, in the ''Timestorm 2009–2099'' alternate reality. *

Scorpion (Atlas/Seaboard Comics) The Scorpion is the name of two fictional characters who starred successively in an eponymous comic book series published by Atlas/Seaboard Comics in the 1970s. Publication history ''The Scorpion'' ran three issues, cover-dated February to July 19 ...

, a character from former Marvel Comics publisher Martin Goodman's Atlas/Seaboard Comics * Scorpion, a Fawcett Comics character from Earth-S who appeared in '' Captain Marvel'' * ''

Le Scorpion ''Le Scorpion'' is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Stephen Desberg, illustrated by Enrico Marini and published by Dargaud in French and Dutch, and by Cinebook in English. Summary The story takes place in Rome during the second half ...

'', a Belgian comic set in 18th-century Vatican, by Stephen Desberg and

Enrico Marini Enrico Marini (born 13 August 1969, Switzerland) is an Italian comics artist. His works include ''Gipsy'' with writer Thierry Smolderen and '' Le Scorpion'' with writer Stephen Desberg. Biography Marini was born in (Switzerland) and studied ...

Scarlet Scorpion Sentinels of Justice is a fictional organization of superheroes. The comic was published by Americomics (a.k.a. AC Comics) in 1983 during a very brief time that AC was able to license the Charlton Comics superheroes before the rights were purcha ...

, an AC Comics character

Music

Scorpions (band) Scorpions are a German hard rock band formed in Hanover in 1965 by guitarist Rudolf Schenker. The longest-running and most successful line-up of the band included Schenker, Klaus Meine (vocals), Matthias Jabs (lead guitar), Francis Buchholz (b ...

, a German hard rock band ** ''The Scorpions'', a 1976 re-issue of their 1972 debut album ''

Lonesome Crow ''Lonesome Crow'' is the debut studio album by the German rock band Scorpions. It was recorded soon after Scorpions became a fully professional band under the production of Conny Plank, apparently in only six or seven days, and released on 29 Fe ...

'' *

The Scorpions (Manchester band) The Scorpions are a 1960s British beat group, originally from Manchester in England, that became popular notably in the Netherlands. Their most important hit was " Hello Josephine", a song by Fats Domino. History Beginnings The band was star ...

, a British beat group * The Scorpions, an English rock band later renamed

Status Quo is a Latin phrase meaning the existing state of affairs, particularly with regard to social, economic, legal, environmental, political, religious, scientific or military issues. In the sociological sense, the ''status quo'' refers to the curren ...

* ''The Scorpion'' (album), an album by Lou Donaldson * ''Scorpion'' (Drake album), a 2018 double album * ''Scorpion'' (Eve album) (2001) * "The Scorpion", a song by Megadeth from ''

The System Has Failed ''The System Has Failed'' is the tenth studio album by American thrash metal band Megadeth, released on September 14, 2004. It was the band's second and final studio album to be distributed by Sanctuary Records. ''The System Has Failed'' was th ...

People

Scorpion I Scorpion I () was a ruler of Upper Egypt during Naqada III. He was one of the first rulers of Ancient Egypt, and a graffito of him depicts a battle with an unidentified predynastic ruler. His tomb is known for the evidence of early examples of wi ...

, Egyptian pharaoh *

Scorpion II Scorpion II (Ancient Egyptian: possibly Selk or Weha), also known as King Scorpion, was a ruler during the Protodynastic Period of Upper Egypt (). Identity Name King Scorpion's name and title are of great dispute in modern Egyptology. ...

, Egyptian pharaoh

Military/paramilitary

Combat units

Scorpions (Iraq) Scorpions was an Iraqi paramilitary force set up by the United States Central Intelligence Agency prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. History The covert members were trained in Jordan in target identification, explosives and small arms at two ...

, a paramilitary Iraqi force organized by the CIA *

Scorpions (paramilitary) The Scorpions ( sr-cyr, Шкорпиони) were a Serb paramilitary unit active during the Yugoslav Wars. The unit was involved in war crimes during the wars in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo. After the wars, four members of the u ...

, a paramilitary group involved in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre *

Scorpions (South Africa) The Directorate of Special Operations (DSO), commonly known as the Scorpions, was a specialised unit of the National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa formed by President Thabo Mbeki, tasked with investigating and prosecuting high-level and ...

, a multidisciplinary agency that investigated and prosecuted organised crime and corruption *

VAQ-132 Electromagnetic Attack Squadron 132 (VAQ-132), the "Scorpions", is a United States Navy aircraft squadron based at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, flying the EA-18G Growler. The squadron's radio callsign is "Scorp". History Electronic Warfa ...

or the Scorpions, a U.S. Navy aircraft squadron

Vessels

* , or ''Scorpion'', a

Soviet Navy The Soviet Navy was the naval warfare Military, uniform service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces. Often referred to as the Red Fleet, the Soviet Navy made up a large part of the Soviet Union's strategic planning in the event of a conflict with t ...

submarine * , a Confederate States Navy boat * , various ships of the British Royal Navy * , various ships of the United States Navy * USS ''Scorpion'', a fictional United States Navy submarine in the 1957 novel '' On the Beach''

Other military vehicles

FV101 Scorpion The FV101 Scorpion is a British armoured reconnaissance vehicle and light tank. It was the lead vehicle and the fire support type in the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked), CVR(T), family of seven armoured vehicles. Manufactured by Alvis, ...

, British light tank *

M56 Scorpion The M56 "Scorpion" self-propelled gun is an American unarmored, Air assault, airmobile self-propelled gun, self-propelled tank destroyer, which was armed with a 90 mm Gun M1/M2/M3, 90 mm M54 gun with a simple blast shield, and an unprotected crew ...

, unarmored American self-propelled anti-tank gun *

Northrop F-89 Scorpion The Northrop F-89 Scorpion is an night fighter, all-weather, twin-engined interceptor aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Northrop Corporation. It was the first jet propulsion, jet-powered aircraft to be design ...

, American jet fighter * Rotem KW1 Scorpion, South Korean wheeled armored personnel carrier *

Textron AirLand Scorpion The Textron AirLand Scorpion is a jet aircraft manufactured in the United States proposed for sale to perform light attack and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) duties. It is being developed by Textron AirLand, a joint vent ...

, American light attack jet aircraft proposed for export

Weaponry

Scorpio (weapon) The ''scorpio'' or scorpion was a type of Roman torsion siege engine and field artillery piece. It was described in detail by the early-imperial Roman architect and engineer Vitruvius in the 1st century BC and by the 4th century AD officer an ...

, an ancient Greco-Roman catapult *

Scourge A scourge is a whip or lash, especially a multi-thong type, used to inflict severe corporal punishment or self-mortification. It is usually made of leather. Etymology The word is most commonly considered to be derived from Old French ''escorgie ...

, a whipping device, also called a scorpion *

Škorpion vz. 61 The Škorpion vz. 61 (or Sa vz. 61 Skorpion) is a Czechoslovak machine pistol developed in 1959 by Miroslav Rybář (1924–1970) and produced under the official designation Samopal vzor 61 ("submachine gun model 1961") by the Česká zbrojov ...

, a Czech submachine gun *

CZ Scorpion Evo 3 The CZ Scorpion EVO 3 is a 9mm carbine manufactured by Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod, the select-fire submachine gun variant is designated A1, and the Semi-automatic firearm, semi-automatic variant is designated S1. The EVO 3 designation denot ...

, a Czech submachine gun * Scorpion silent pistol, a Georgian pistol

Sports

Scorpion (horse) Scorpion (foaled February 5, 2002) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. As a three-year-old in 2005 he won the Grand Prix de Paris (in record time) and the St. Leger Stakes. In 2007 he won the Coronation Cup. Background Scorpion is a ba ...

, Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and sire *

Scorpion kick (association football) The scorpion kick, also known as a reverse bicycle kick or back hammer kick, is a physical move in association football that is achieved by diving or throwing the body forwards and then placing the hands on the ground to lunge the back heels forwa ...

Scorpion kick (martial arts) In capoeira, ''escorpião'' (scorpion), originally known as ''rabo de arraia'' (stingray tail), is a distinct inverted kick over the head, resembling the stingray's or scorpion strike. ''Rabo-de-arraia'' with both legs is one of the most dang ...

Sharpshooter (professional wrestling) The ''Sharpshooter'', also known as the ''Scorpion Deathlock'' and technically known as the ''sasori-gatame'' (蠍固め or サソリ固め; English: scorpion hold), is a professional wrestling submission hold. Similar to several holds such as t ...

or scorpion hold, a professional wrestling hold * Scorpion, a shot used in

pickleball Pickleball is a racket or paddle sport in which two or four players use a smooth-faced paddle to hit a perforated, hollow plastic ball over a net until one side is unable to return the ball or commits a rule infraction. Pickleball is played i ...

Team/club names

Scorpion aerobatic team Grupa Akrobacyjna Skorpion ("Scorpion" Aerobatic team) is an aerobatic demonstration team of the aviation arm of the Polish Land Forces, flying 4 Mil Mi-24 Helicopters. It is one of the few helicopter aerobatic teams in the world and one of on ...

, aerobatic demonstration team of the aviation arm of the Polish Land Forces *

Scorpions RFC The Scorpions RFC is an invitation rugby team in East Africa that was established upon principles that have many parallels with the Barbarian F.C. in terms of values, playing style, selection policy and the lack of a home ground. The team wears b ...

, rugby club in East Africa *

Hannover Scorpions The Hannover Scorpions are a professional ice hockey team, which plays in the Oberliga, Germany's third tier ice hockey league. They previously played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga from 1996 to 2013. History Founded in 1975 as ESC Wedemark, the ...

, German ice hockey team *

Logan Scorpions The Logan Scorpions were an Australian rugby league football club from the suburb of Slacks Creek in Logan City, Queensland. Due to financial difficulties, the club ceased operation at the end of the 2002 Queensland Cup season, and merged wit ...

, Australian rugby league football club *

New Mexico Scorpions The New Mexico Scorpions were a Central Hockey League (CHL) team located in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The team was established in 1996 as a part of the Western Professional Hockey League (WPHL). In 2001, the WPHL merged with the CHL. On July 2, 2 ...

, American hockey team *

San Antonio Scorpions The San Antonio Scorpions were an American professional soccer team based in San Antonio, Texas. Founded in 2010, the team made its debut in the North American Soccer League in 2012. The Scorpions played at Toyota Field, a soccer specific stadi ...

, American soccer club *

Scottsdale Scorpions The Scottsdale Scorpions are a baseball team that plays in the East Division of the Arizona Fall League. They play their home games in Scottsdale, Arizona, at Scottsdale Stadium, which is also the spring training facility of the San Francisco G ...

, American professional baseball team * South Wales Scorpions, Welsh rugby league football club *

Stuttgart Scorpions The Stuttgart Scorpions are an American football team from Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württembe ...

, German American football team *

Yuma Desert Rats The Yuma Desert Rats were a professional baseball team based in Yuma, Arizona, United States. From the 2005 season to the 2011 season, they were known as the Yuma Scorpions and played their home games at Desert Sun Stadium at the Ray Kroc Comple ...

or Yuma Scorpions, defunct baseball team that played in various independent minor leagues * The Scorpions, a professional wrestling tag-team from the

United States Wrestling Association The United States Wrestling Association (USWA) was a professional wrestling promotion based in Memphis, Tennessee. The company was founded when the Memphis-based Continental Wrestling Association merged with the Dallas-based World Class Champions ...

Transportation

Scorpion (dinghy) The Scorpion is a British National class of a small sailing dinghy. The Scorpion is a lightweight, high performance, two person, hiking racing dinghy. Its adjustable rig enables sailing in all weathers for crews of all weights, ages and experienc ...

, a class of small sailing dinghy *

Grinnall Scorpion III The Grinnall Scorpion is a small-series sports car built by Grinnall Specialist Cars in England since 1992. Two models are available, the three-wheeled Scorpion III and the four-wheeled Scorpion IV, with the Roman numerals referring to the numb ...

, a three-wheeled roadster *

Grinnall Scorpion IV The Grinnall Scorpion is a small-series sports car built by Grinnall Specialist Cars in England since 1992. Two models are available, the three-wheeled Scorpion III and the four-wheeled Scorpion IV, with the Roman numerals referring to the numbe ...

, a four-wheeled roadster * Mitsubishi Scorpion, an automobile made by Mitsubishi Motors *

Ronn Motor Scorpion RONN Motor Group (RONN) is an (OTC traded $RONN) automaker based in Scottsdale, Arizona. History RONN Motor Group was founded in 2007 when founder Ronn Ford came up with the idea for the company's first car, the RONN Scorpion. Mr. Ford was inspi ...

, an automobile *

RotorWay Scorpion The RotorWay Scorpion is a family of helicopters manufactured by RotorWay International. Design and development Derived from an original design by B.J. Schramm, the Schramm Javelin evolved into the Schramm Scorpion, both of which were develope ...

, a line of helicopters *

SC Scorpion The SC Scorpion is a Ukrainian single-place paraglider that was designed and produced by SC Paragliding of Kharkiv. It is now out of production.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 28. Pagefast ...

, a Ukrainian paraglider design

Other uses

* Scorpion (roller coaster), a roller coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay *

Scorpion Prison The Al-Aqrab Prison (; official name Tora Prison 992 Maximum-Security) is a supermax prison in Helwan, Egypt, south of Cairo. It is used for political prisoners and opponents of the Egyptian government, who include Muslim Brotherhood and April ...

, a prison in Egypt