scopuliferous

English

Etymology

From Latin scōpa (“broom”) +‎ -iferous.[1]

Adjective

scopuliferous (not comparable)

  1. (biology, rare) Brush-like.[1]
    Synonym: scopuliform
    • 1892, Royal Zoological Society of Ireland, The Irish naturalist‎[2], page 19:
      In his original description (‘‘Ichneumonologia Europaea, i., p. 342) Gravenhorst does not state whether the coxae of the female are scopuliferous or not.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology‎[1], 2005, page 809
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