Definition of Scopulae

1. scopula [n] - See also: scopula

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scopulae

scopophiliacs
scopophobia
scops
scops-owl
scops-owls
scops owl
scops owls
scoptophile
scoptophiles
scoptophilia
scoptophiliac
scoptophiliacs
scoptophilic
scopula
scopulae (current term)
scopulas
scopulate
scopuliped
scopulous
scorable
scorbic
scorbut
scorbute
scorbutic
scorbutic anaemia
scorbutical
scorbutigenic
scorbutogenic
scorbutus

Literary usage of Scopulae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publication by Palaeontographical Society (Great Britain) (1908)
"Sometimes the scopulae present rather the appearance of a bag or disc edged and supported by ... Examples of scopulae-bearing forms are comparatively rare, ..."

2. The Spider Book: A Manual for the Study of the Spiders and Their Near by John Henry Comstock (1912)
"... all tarsi lacking scopulae, but furnished under the claws with very small bundles of ... tarsi, at least the anterior ones, furnished with scopulae. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1905)
"First leg noticeably thicker than the others, particularly its three terminal joints which are thickly covered below with scopulae. ..."

4. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1900)
"... and covered over externally by the dermal, internally by the gastral membrane. No scopulae in gastral skeleton. ... or scopulae. FAMILY C5. ..."

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