Scorpion (disambiguation)

A Scorpion is an eight-legged invertebrate animal belonging to the order "Scorpiones". It may also refer to:

In general

* Scorpio (astrology), 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"
* Scorpion (dinghy), a class of small sailing dinghy.

In music

* Scorpions, the German rock band

In sports

* Hannover Scorpions, German ice hockey team
* Stuttgart Scorpions, German American Football team
* New Mexico Scorpions, Central Hockey League team

In the military

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.

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

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

In Aerobatic

* Scorpion (aerobatic team), a Polish Air Forces Aerobatic demonstration team

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

In games

* Scorpion (Mortal Kombat), a character from the fighting game series "Mortal Kombat"
* Scorpion (Slam Masters), a wrestler from the video game "Slam Masters"
* Scorpion, a vehicle from the video game series Halo
* 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 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