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scopula

[skop-yuh-luh]

noun

Zoology.

plural

scopulas, scopulae 

  1. a dense tuft of hairs, as on the feet of certain spiders.

scopula

/ -lɪt, ˈskɒpjʊlə, ˈskɒpjʊˌleɪt /

noun

  1. a small tuft of dense hairs on the legs and chelicerae of some spiders

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • scopulate adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scopula1

1795–1805; < New Latin ōܱ, Latin: a broom twig, equivalent to ō ( a ) broom + -ula -ule
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scopula1

C19: from Late Latin: a broom-twig, from ōa thin twigs
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Example Sentences

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Scopula: a small, dense tuft of hair: the bristles or stiff hairs covering the inner side of basal joint on the tarsi of pollen-gathering Hymenoptera.

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