scopulipede

[SCOPULIPEDES.] Entom.: Having a basket-like apparatus on the hind legs. [SCOPULIPEDES.] scop-u-li-pēdēş, s. pl. [Lat. scopula =a little broom, and pedes, pl. of pes =a foot.] Entom.: A section of solitary Apide, having on the hind legs an apparatus for the conveyance of pollen, which they a iduously collect. The apparatus resembles that in the social hive and humble bees. The posterior tibiæ and basal joint of the tarsi are so hirsute that it is impo ible to trace the form of the limb on account of the hairs. The males in many cases have thickened and distorted legs. *scop-u-lous, a . [Lat. scopulosus , from scopu lusa peak, a rock.] Full of rocks; rocky. scō-pus, s . [ Gr.skopos =a watchman.] Ornith.: Umbre, Brown Stork; the typical genus of Scopine (q. v.), with one species, from tropical and South Africa.