Scorpio

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Scor·pi·o / ˈskôrpēˌō/ Astrol. the eighth sign of the zodiac (the Scorpion), which the sun enters about October 23. ∎  (a Scorpio) (pl. -os) a person born when the sun is in this sign. DERIVATIVES: Scor·pi·an / -pēən/ n. & adj.

Scorpio

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Scorpio ★★½ 1973 (PG)

Okay catandmouse espionage tale about a wily, veteran CIA agent (Lancaster) who may have turned traitor. He's set-up to be killed by a CIA boss but the assassin, codename Scorpio (Delon), has some trouble fulfilling his assignment. Cross and doublecross abound. 114m/C VHS, DVD . Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Paul Scofield, John Colicos, Gayle Hunnicutt, J.D. Cannon, Joanne Linville, Melvin Stewart, James B. Sikking, Vladek Sheybal, William (Bill) Smithers, Celeste Yarnall; D: Michael Winner; W: David W. Rintels, Gerald Wilson.

Scorpio

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Scorpio Eighth astrological sign of the Zodiac. The ancients identified it with the scorpion which caused the death of the hunter Orion and stung the horses of Phaëthon. The Sun enters the sign on 24 October and leaves it on 21 November.

Scorpio

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Scorpio the eighth sign of the zodiac (the Scorpion), which the sun enters about 23 October; a person born under this sign.

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