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Scorpion (disambiguation)

A scorpion is a predatory arthropod animal.

Scorpion may also refer to:

Computing and technology

  • Scorpion (computer), a Russian ZX Spectrum clone computer
  • Scorpion (CPU), a Qualcomm CPU used in smart phones

Film and television

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

Gaming

Literature

  • Scorpion (publishing house), an early-1900s Russian book publisher
  • 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
  • Scorpions, a 1990 young adult novel by Walter Dean Myers

Comics

  • Scorpion (Mac Gargan), a supervillain and frequent enemy of Spider-Man
  • Scorpion (Carmilla Black), a character that first appeared in Amazing Fantasy vol. 2 #7
  • Scorpion (Atlas/Seaboard Comics)
  • Le Scorpion, a Belgian comic by Stephen Desberg and Enrico Marini

Music

People

  • Scorpion I, Egyptian pharaoh
  • Scorpion II, Egyptian pharaoh

Military/paramilitary

Combat units

  • Scorpions (Iraq), a paramilitary Iraqi force organized by the CIA
  • Scorpions (paramilitary), a paramilitary group involved in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre
  • Scorpions (South Africa), a multidisciplinary agency that investigated and prosecuted organised crime and corruption
  • VAQ-132 or the Scorpions, a U.S. Navy aircraft squadron

Vessels

  • CSS Scorpion, a Confederate Navy boat
  • HMS Scorpion (1746), a 14-gun Merlin-class sloop
  • HMS Scorpion (1794), a gunvessel
  • HMS Scorpion (1803), a Cruizer-class brig-sloop
  • HMS Scorpion (1863), a turret ship
  • HMS Scorpion (1910), a Beagle-class destroyer
  • HMS Scorpion (G72), an S-class destroyer launched in 1942
  • HMS Scorpion (D64), a Weapon-class destroyer launched in 1946
  • Soviet submarine B-427 or Scorpion, a decommissioned Soviet submarine
  • USS Scorpion (1812), a block sloop
  • USS Scorpion (1813), a schooner
  • USS Scorpion (1847), a bark-rigged steamer
  • USS Scorpion (PY-3), a patrol yacht and gunboat commissioned in 1898
  • USS Scorpion (SS-278), a Gato-class submarine commissioned in 1942
  • USS Scorpion (SSN-589), a Skipjack-class nuclear-powered submarine commissioned in 1960

Other military

  • CZ Scorpion Evo 3, a 9mm semi-automatic or select-fire carbine in service since 2009
  • FV101 Scorpion, a British light tank
  • M56 Scorpion, an unarmored American self-propelled anti-tank gun
  • Northrop F-89 Scorpion, a U.S. jet fighter
  • Rotem KW1 Scorpion, a South Korean wheeled armored personal carrier
  • Textron AirLand Scorpion, an American light attack jet aircraft proposed for export

Sports

  • Scorpion (horse), a racehorse
  • Scorpion aerobatic team, an aerobatic demonstration team of the aviation arm of the Polish Land Forces
  • Scorpions RFC, rugby club
  • Hannover Scorpions, German ice hockey team
  • Logan Scorpions, an Australian rugby league football club
  • New Mexico Scorpions, American hockey team
  • San Antonio Scorpions FC, American soccer club
  • South Wales Scorpions, a Welsh rugby league football club
  • Stuttgart Scorpions, German American Football team
  • Yuma Desert Rats or Yuma Scorpions, a defunct baseball team that played in various independent minor leagues
  • Saint-Juéry XIII or the Scorpions, a French rugby league football club
  • Scorpion kick, a footballing move
  • Sharpshooter (professional wrestling) or scorpion hold, a professional wrestling hold
  • The Scorpions, a professional wrestling tag-team from the United States Wrestling Association

Transportation

Weaponry

  • Scorpio (weapon), an ancient Greco-Roman catapult
  • Scourge, a whipping device, also called a scorpion
  • Škorpion vz. 61, a Czech submachine gun
  • CZ Scorpion Evo 3, a Czech submachine gun
  • Scorpion silent pistol

Other uses

See also

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