Meanings
adjectivescopuliferous (not comparable)
- not comparablerarebiologyBrush-like.
In his original description (‘‘Ichneumonologia Europaea, i., p. 342) Gravenhorst does not state whether the coxae of the female are scopuliferous or not.
1892, Royal Zoological Society of Ireland, The Irish naturalist, page 19Synonyms: scopuliform
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveBrush-like.
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Origin
From scopul(a) (“dense tuft of hair”) + -iferous. By surface analysis, scopuli- + -ferous.
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