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scopulate

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scop⋅u⋅late

  [skop-yuh-leyt, -lit]
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–adjective Zoology.
broom-shaped; brushlike.
Origin:
1820–30; scopul(a) + -ate 1
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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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