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scorpion

[skawr-pee-uhn] / ˈskɔr pi ən /
NOUN
arachnid
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To avoid the high prices of Scotch bonnets, she also uses locally grown Moruga scorpion peppers, which are native to Trinidad.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

Grogu does a lot of it, at points gobbling a scorpion and the Star Wars version of popcorn.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The 7th District, which looks like a scorpion, is appropriately dastardly, stretching from mountainous country in the western part of the state straight to expressways over the Potomac River into Washington D.C.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2026

This approach allowed them to estimate where high risk scorpion species are most likely to live and which environmental features shape their distribution.

From Science Daily • Feb. 18, 2026

The only thing she dislodged was a large scorpion, which she hurriedly flicked down the cliffside with the knife.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer




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