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scopula

[ skop-yuh-luh ]

noun

, Zoology.
, plural scop·u·las, scop·u·lae [skop, -y, uh, -lee].
  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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Derived Forms

  • scopulate, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scopula1

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

Origin of scopula1

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

This takes the form of a pad of curiously modified hairs, called a scopula.

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