Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scopuliferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scop-ulif-er-ous
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Brush-like.

Example Sentences

"In his original description (‘‘Ichneumonologia Europaea, i., p. 342) Gravenhorst does not state whether the coxae of the female are scopuliferous or not."

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Suffix: scopula

Synonyms

scopuliform

Questions

What does scopuliferous mean?: Brush-like.
Where does scopuliferous come from?: From scopul(a) (“dense tuft of hair”) + -iferous. By surface analysis, scopuli- + -ferous.

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