sco·pa

[skoh-puh]
noun, plural sco·pae [-pee] , sco·pas.

Origin:
1795–1805; < Latin scōpae (plural, singular scopa rare) twigs, shoots

sco·pate [skoh-peyt] , adjective
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scopa (ˈskəʊpə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -pae
a tuft of hairs on the abdomen or hind legs of bees, used for collecting pollen
 
[C19: from Latin, used only in pl scopae twigs, brush]

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Scopa is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
SCOPA (ˈskəʊpə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n acronym for
Standing Committee on Public Accounts

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Scopa told her that he was not ready to talk to her yet and told her twice to get back in the van.
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