scopula

American

[skop-yuh-luh] / ˈskɒp jə lə /

noun

Zoology.

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

scopula British

/ ˈskɒpjʊlə /

noun

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

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scopulate

adjective

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Etymology

Origin of scopula

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

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