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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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<strong>Online</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Invertebrate</strong> <strong>Zoology</strong> 809scopa n.; pl. -ae [L. scopa, broom] (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Hymenoptera,special hairs (pollen brush) or modified to forma corbicula (pollen basket). scopate a.scopiform a. [L. scopa, broom; forma, shape] Formed like abrush.scopula n.; pl. -ae [L. dim. scopa, broom] A small, dense tuft<strong>of</strong> hair; scopa.scopules n.pl. [L. dim. scopa, broom] (PORIF) Sceptrules withfew spines arranged in a regular cluster.scopuliferous, scopuliform a. [L. dim. scopa, broom] Brushlike.scopulipedes a. [L. dim. scopa, broom; pes, foot] (ARTHRO:Insecta) In Hymenoptera, bees with pollen gatheringstructures on the feet.scotopic see superposition eyescraper n. [A.S. scrapian, scraper] 1. Any structure or specializedpart <strong>of</strong> a structure adapted for rasping or scraping. 2.(ARTHRO: Insecta) In Orthoptera, the sharpened anal angle<strong>of</strong> the front wing that functions as a stridulating mechanism.see file.screening a. [OF. escren, barrier] Selective procedures to isolateanimals or chemicals from populations, complex mixtures,or background material.screw dislocation (BRYO) Spiral growth resulting from latticedefects in calcite crystals making up their skeletal units.scrobe n. [LL. scrobis, ditch] A groove or furrow for the reception<strong>of</strong> an appendage.scrobicula n. [LL. dim. scrobis, ditch] (ECHINOD: Echinoidea) Abare area surrounding a boss (base <strong>of</strong> a spine) on the test;areola.scrobicular tubercles (ECHINOD: Echinoidea) Secondary tubercleswith spines encircling the base <strong>of</strong> a spine on thetest.scrobiculate a. [LL. dim. scrobis, ditch] Marked with pits orhollows.scrobicules n. [LL. dim. scrobis, ditch] (ECHINOD: Echinoidea)

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