scopula

American  

[skop-yuh-luh] / ˈskɒp yə lə /

noun

Zoology.

scopulas, plural scopulae plural

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

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scopula British  

/ -lɪt, ˈskɒpjʊlə, ˈskɒpjʊˌleɪt /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• scopulate
  adjective

Inflected Forms

noun

• scopulas
  plural
• scopulae
  plural

Etymology

Origin of scopula

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