Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In entomology, a mass of stiff hairs like a brush; specifically, masses of bristly hairs on the outside of the tibiæ and tarsi, or on the lower surface of the abdomen, of many bees, used to collect and carry grains of pollen which become entangled in them. Also called pollen-brush and sarothrum.

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  • Both features help pollen grains adhere to their bodies, but they also have specialized pollen-carrying structures; in most bees, this takes the form of a structure known as the scopa, which is on the hind legs of most bees, and/or the lower abdomen (e.g., of megachilid bees), made up of thick, plumose setae.

    Pollinator Wikipedia 2009

  • Miles had a fancy deck of Italian cards and taught her a game called scopa.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • Miles had a fancy deck of Italian cards and taught her a game called scopa.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • Miles had a fancy deck of Italian cards and taught her a game called scopa.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • Honey bees, bumblebees, and their relatives do not have a scopa, but the hind leg is modified into a structure called the corbicula (also known as the "pollen basket").

    Pollinator Wikipedia 2009

  • In addition, scopa should call the department to report all the transactions that have taken place if any.

    Speech by Barbara Thompson during the debate on the Provision of Land & Assistance Amendment Bill 2008

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    The Girls, The Collectors, and The Life barbylon 2004

  • Thorax very smooth and shining; the wings colourless and iridescent, their extreme base yellowish, the nervures and stigma brown, the tegulæ pale testaceous-yellow; the posterior tibiæ with a scopa of glittering white hairs, the tarsi ferruginous and with glittering hairs.

    Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various

  • Echinocactus scopa cristata (Parodia (Notocactus) scopa fa. cristata) *

    Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation W. Watson

  • You are right Mphatjie, scopa should be headed by an opposition party not by a party like APC (or what ever the party is called).

    News24 Top Stories 2009

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  • A favourite Italian card game.

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