Scorpion (disambiguation)
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A Scorpion is an eight-legged invertebrate animal belonging to the order Scorpiones. It may also refer to:
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[edit] In general
- Scorpius, an astronomical constellation and a sign of the zodiac
- Scorpion (computer), a Soviet clone of the ZX Spectrum computer
- Scorpions (South Africa), a South African government anti-corruption agency
- Akrabbim (Hebrew for Scorpion), a mountain in the Bible infested with scorpions
- King Scorpion (Serket), one or more Egyptian Pharaohs in the Protodynastic period
- Teddy Kollek's code name
- Scorpion Sports, a motorcycle helmet manufacturing company
- "Scorpion (Voyager episode)", a two-part episode of Star Trek: Voyager
- Scorpion (roller coaster), an attraction at Busch Gardens Africa in Florida
- Scorpion kick, a footballing move made famous by Columbian goalkeeper René Higuita
- Scorpion (novel), a novel authored by Andrew Kaplan, published in 1986
- Scorpion (horse), a thoroughbred racehorse
- Scorpion (CPU), a 1Ghz ARM CPU made by Qualcomm
- Scorpions, the book, by Walter Dean Myers
- Nepidae - an unrelated insect, commonly known as a "water scorpion"
[edit] In music
- Scorpions (band), a German hard rock/heavy metal band
- The Scorpions (Manchester band), a group from Manchester from the '60s
- The Scorpions (London band), an instrumental trio from London who recorded for Parlophone in 1961
- Scorpion (album), an album by rapper Eve
- "The Scorpion", a song from the Megadeth album The System Has Failed
[edit] In the military
[edit] Units
- Scorpions (Iraq), a paramilitary organization of Iraqi exiles funded by the CIA
- VAQ-132 The Scorpions, a United States Navy EA-6B Prowler Electronic Attack squadron based at NAS Whidbey Island, Washington
- Scorpions (former Yugoslavia), a paramilitary unit involved in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.
[edit] Weapons
- Ballista, a Greco-Roman war machine also called a scorpion
- Scourge, a multi-tail whipping device, since Roman times also called scorpio or scorpion
- Škorpion vz. 61, a Czech submachine gun
[edit] Vehicles
- CSS Scorpion, a torpedo boat of the Confederate Navy
- HMS Scorpion, several ships of the Royal Navy
- USS Scorpion, several vessels of the United States Navy
- F-89 Scorpion, a U.S. jet fighter
- FV101 Scorpion, a British light tank
- Soviet submarine B-427, a Foxtrot-class Soviet submarine since renamed the Scorpion after decommissioning
- Scorpion (helicopter), a series of helicopters manufactured by RotorWay International
[edit] In Aerobatic
- Scorpion (aerobatic team), a Polish Air Forces Aerobatic demonstration team
[edit] In comics
- Scorpion (comics), a name used by multiple characters published by Marvel Comics including:
- Mac Gargan, a Spider-Man supervillain
- Carmilla Black, a heroine also known as The New Scorpion
- Scorpion (Atlas/Seaboard Comics), a short lived Atlas comics series in the 1970s
[edit] In games
- Scorpion, a vehicle from the video game series Halo
- Scorpion (Mortal Kombat), a character from the fighting game series Mortal Kombat
- Scorpion (Slam Masters), a wrestler from the video game Slam Masters
- Scorpion can refer to the following Contra characters:
- The name given to the character Lance Bean in the American localizations of Contra and Super C for the Nintendo Entertainment System
- A new character introduced with that name in Contra 4 for the Nintendo DS
- Scorpion (solitaire), a type of solitaire card game
- Scorpion Tank (Command & Conquer) refers to two vehicles: A light tank used by the GLA in Command & Conquer: Generals and a light tank used by Nod in Command & Conquer 3. Neither bears any resemblance to the real life Scorpion Tank
- Scorpion (Spaceships of EVE Online), a class of battleship from the game EVE Online
- A vehicle in the Unreal Tournament 2004 and Unreal Tournament 3 computer games
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