Definition of Scopulate

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scopulate

scopophobia
scops
scops-owl
scops-owls
scops owl
scops owls
scoptophile
scoptophiles
scoptophilia
scoptophiliac
scoptophiliacs
scoptophilic
scopula
scopulae
scopulas
scopulate (current term)
scopuliped
scopulous
scorable
scorbic
scorbut
scorbute
scorbutic
scorbutic anaemia
scorbutical
scorbutigenic
scorbutogenic
scorbutus
scorch
scorched

Literary usage of Scopulate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1905)
"Tarsi and metatarsi 1 partly scopulate; all tarsi unarmed ... Tarsi and metatarsi I not scopulate : hind tarsi with spines ..."

2. The Spider Book: A Manual for the Study of the Spiders and Their Near by John Henry Comstock (1912)
"Tarsi not at all scopulate; paired claws with a single series of teeth; space between the fore spinnerets at least four times the width of the spinnerets; ..."

3. Publication by Palaeontographical Society (Great Britain) (1908)
"No scopulate processes have been observed in this Affinities. ... not nearly so pronounced, while the scopulate processes appear to be wanting. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1905)
"Legs quite slender; three pairs of spines under tibiae I and II, two pairs under these metatarsi; metatarsi and tarsi weakly scopulate. ..."

5. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1914)
"... I and II with three spines beneath, one at base, one at middle, one at tip, metatarsi with basal spine only; metatarsi and tarsi scopulate beneath; ..."

6. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1904)
"... hind tibiae with a median and apical pair below, none above; tarsi weakly scopulate; lip rather broader than long; spinnerets not very long. ..."

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