English

scorpion


Arapaho

1. niikohkohei’it biisee ; 2. besoone’einih’oo3oo


Translation of Arapaho

1. ‘bug that rises/stands up’ ; 2. ‘spider with its butt for a head ’

(Both of these names refer to the way in which the scorpion raises its tail up over its head when threatened, with its stinging spine at the end of the tail)