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scopa

scopa noun: any of various clusters of hair of non-parasitic bees that serve to carry pollen. In parasitic Hymenoptera it refers to a local patch of hairs, regardless of function.

scopa: any of various clusters of hair of non-parasitic bees that serve to carry pollen. In parasitic...
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Noun (1)

scopa (plural scopae)

  1. Any of various clusters of hair of non-parasitic bees that serve to carry pollen. In parasitic Hymenoptera it refers to a local patch of hairs, regardless of function.

Noun (2)

scopa (uncountable)

  1. A Neapolitan card game.

Proper noun capitalized: SCOPA

SCOPA

  1. (UK, abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of Seed Crushers and Oil Processors Association.

Forms of scopa

pluralscopae

Origin of scopa

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin scōpa (“broom”) (Classical Latin scōpae (“twigs, broom”)). Compare Spanish escoba (“broom”).

Borrowed from Italian scopa and Neapolitan scopa.

Questions about scopa

What does scopa mean?
Scopa means any of various clusters of hair of non-parasitic bees that serve to carry pollen. In parasitic Hymenoptera it refers to a local patch of hairs, regardless of function.
What part of speech is scopa?
Scopa can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of scopa?
The plural of scopa is scopae.

Words near scopa in the dictionary

  1. scoots
  2. scoots over
  3. scoots up
  4. scooty
  5. scop
  6. scopa
  7. scopae
  8. scopaesthesia
  9. scopal
  10. scoparil
  11. scoparils

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scopa (page history and authors); SCOPA (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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