Definition of Scopa

1. the hair on bee's legs [n SCOPAS or SCOPAE]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scopa

scootch
scootched
scootches
scootching
scooted
scooter
scootered
scootering
scooterist
scooterists
scooterlike
scooters
scooting
scoots
scop
scopa (current term)
scopae
scopal
scoparin
scopas
scopate
scope
scope creep
scope out
scoped
scoped out
scopeless
scopelid
scopelids
scopeline

Literary usage of Scopa

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

1. The Cactaceae: Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Nelson Rose (1922)
"Echinocactus scopa candidus cristatus, E. scopa cristatus Hortus, ... 1822) who in the place cited does list a number of species of Cactus but not C. scopa. ..."

2. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1856)
"The smell, too, is no less powerful in the plant known as the " scopa regia ;"* but there it is the leaves of the plant, and not the flowers, ..."

3. Transactions of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1905)
"scopa yellow or yellowish, without black, even at apex; hair of abdomen orange 3. ... scopa white, black at the sides and on apical segment; ..."

4. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1877)
"Coxal scopa narrow, linear; posterior libice with an entire white an- nulus near base ... Coxa] scopa wanting. Apex of abdomen immaculate. Scutellum black. ..."

5. State of the Nation: South Africa 20052006 by Sakhela Buhlungu (2006)
"In October 2000, scopa produced its own report on the arms transactions. ... scopa has a very specific and significant role in the parliamentary oversight ..."

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