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scop•u•la
(skop′yə lə),USA pronunciation n., pl. -las, -lae (-lē′).USA pronunciation [Zool.]
- Zoologya dense tuft of hairs, as on the feet of certain spiders.
- Neo-Latin scōpula, Latin: a broom twig, equivalent. to scōp(a) broom + -ula -ule
- 1795–1805