scorpion

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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

The situation resembles the parable of the scorpion and the turtle.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 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

Worldwide, scorpion stings are estimated to kill more than 3,000 children each year.

From Science Daily • Feb. 18, 2026

Amaranta, who was starting to put the clothes into the trunk, thought that she had been bitten by a scorpion.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez