| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | scop·u·la |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  sk p y -l |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. scop·u·lae (-l  )
A dense brushlike tuft of hairs, as on the feet of certain insects. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin sc pula, small brush of twigs, diminutive of scpae, branches, broom. | | OTHER FORMS: | scopu·late (-l t) —ADJECTIVE
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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