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<zoology> Any species of bee which has on the hind legs a brush of hairs used for collecting pollen, as the hive bees and bumblebees.
Origin: L. Scopulae, pl, a little broom (fr. Scopae a broom) + pes, pedis, foot.
(01 Mar 1998)
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