sea scorpion

noun

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Other contemporaries of these animals included large cephalopods such as giant squid, as well as huge sea scorpions. Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 21 May 2025 New York The Eurypterus remipes is New York's state fossil, a sea scorpion from the Silurian age. Doc Louallen, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023 University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Giant sea scorpions were once in the class Merostomata too, but they were found to be more spider-like, leaving horseshoe crabs in a class by themselves. National Geographic, 20 Apr. 2020 Published today in The American Naturalist, the spine-tingling tale of a stabby sea scorpion is straight out of an old-school monster movie. Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1867, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of sea scorpion was in 1867

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“Sea scorpion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20scorpion. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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