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scopulae

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scop⋅u⋅la

  [skop-yuh-luh]
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–noun, plural -las, -lae  [-lee] . Zoology.
a dense tuft of hairs, as on the feet of certain spiders.
Origin:
1795–1805; < NL scōpula, L: a broom twig, equiv. to scōp(a) broom + -ula -ule
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scop·u·la   (skŏp'yə-lə)   
n.   pl. scop·u·lae (-lē')
A dense brushlike tuft of hairs, as on the feet of certain insects.

[Latin scōpula, small brush of twigs, diminutive of scōpae, branches, broom.]
scop'u·late' (-lāt') adj.
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