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scopula

scopula


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scopula  \Scop"u*la\,  n.;  pl  E.  {Scopulas},  L.  {Scopul[ae]}.  [L. 
  scopulae,  pl  a  little  broom.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  A  peculiar  brushlike  organ  found  on  the  foot  of  spiders 
  and  used  in  the  construction  of  the  web. 
  b  A  special  tuft  of  hairs  on  the  leg  of  a  bee.