单词 | scopula |
释义 | ‖ scopula Ent.|ˈskɒpjʊlə| [late L. scōpula, dim. of scōpa a broom.] A small brush-like group of hairs upon the tarsus of bees and spiders.
1802Kirby Monogr. Apum Angliæ I. 110 Scopula. This is the name by which I denominate the hairs which cover the inside of the plantæ, called by Schrank scopa, and by Reamur ‘la brosse’. 1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xix. (1818) II. 127 note, Underneath they [the posterior plantæ] are furnished with a scopula or brush of stiff hairs set in rows. 1844Blackwall in Rep. Brit. Assoc. i. 62 Those remarkable appendages termed scopulæ or brushes, with which the tarsi of numerous species of spiders are provided. |

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