||Scop"u*la (?), n.; pl. E.
Scopulas (#), L. Scopulæ
(#). [L. scopulae, pl. a little broom.] (Zoöl.)
(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.
||Scop"u*la (?), n.; pl. E.
Scopulas (#), L. Scopulæ
(#). [L. scopulae, pl. a little broom.] (Zoöl.)
(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.