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scopuliferous

scopuliferous adjective: brush-like.

Adjective

scopuliferous (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Brush-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 19
    Synonyms:
    scopuliform

Synonyms of scopuliferous

Origin of scopuliferous

From scopul(a) (“dense tuft of hair”) + -iferous. By surface analysis, scopuli- + -ferous.

Questions about scopuliferous

What does scopuliferous mean?
Scopuliferous means brush-like.
What part of speech is scopuliferous?
Scopuliferous is an adjective.

Words near scopuliferous in the dictionary

  1. scopularide
  2. scopularides
  3. scopulas
  4. scopulate
  5. scopuli-
  6. scopuliferous
  7. scopuliform
  8. scopulous
  9. Scopus
  10. Scopwick
  11. scopy

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